Việt Nam makes series of recommendations at 146th IPU Assembly

MANAMA — Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Trần Thanh Mẫn on Tuesday (local time) delivered a host of Việt Nam's recommendations concerning an aspiration for a world of peace, development and prosperity at the plenary session of the ongoing 146th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Manama, Bahrain. He went on stressing the need to strengthen solidarity, international cooperation, attach importance to connectivity in diversity, develop infrastructure to narrow the development gap, and promote green growth, energy transformation, digital transformation, innovation, and inclusive growth. He held that boosting public-private cooperation and coordination among countries would help realise the Sustainable Development Goals, and promote joint works in response to global issues such as climate change. He affirmed that Việt Nam steadfastly and consistently implemented its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, and diversification and multilateralisation of external relations. Việt Nam made contributions to peace, friendship, cooperation and development in the spirit that the country is a reliable friend and partner, and an active and responsible member of the international community, Mẫn said.