VN actively joins multi-lateral parliamentary diplomatic activitiesNational Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will attend the 138th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-138) and related meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, from March 24-25. Through the IPU, the bilateral relations between the Vietnamese NA and other nations’ Parliaments were set up and strengthened. In October 2007 at the 117th IPU Assembly also in Geneva, Switzerland, for the first time Viet Nam’s NA was elected to the IPU Executive Committee - the forum’s highest agency. In April 2015, the country hosted the 132nd IPU Assembly, where the Ha Noi Declaration was adopted, contributing to devising the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. Viet Nam’s presence at the IPU-138 aims to assert commitments to actively joining in multi-lateral parliamentary diplomatic activities and uphold the role and status of the Vietnamese NA at the IPU, contributing to enhance the State’s joint diplomatic efforts for national benefits in line with the regional benefits.