Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai held talks with Vice Chairman of the Turkish Parliament Celal Adan

Expressing his joy at visiting the beautiful country of Turkey for the first time, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai thanked the good feelings and warm welcome that the National Assembly and Turkish friends had given to the Vietnamese National Assembly Delegation.

Congratulating Turkey on its outstanding achievements in socio -economic development in the process of implementing the goals of the “Turkish Century Vision”, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai affirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to developing friendly relations and multifaceted cooperation with Turkey.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai held talks with Vice Chairman of the Turkish Parliament Celal Adan

Welcoming Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai and the Vietnamese National Assembly delegation to Türkiye, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Celal Adan expressed his delight at the positive development of the bilateral relationship in recent times, especially after the official visit to Turkey by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (November 2023); congratulated Vietnam's achievements in economic, social and foreign affairs development in recent times, saying that the visit not only strengthened the relationship between the two legislative bodies but also contributed to promoting the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Türkiye; affirmed that the Turkish National Assembly is always interested in and ready to strengthen cooperation with the Vietnamese National Assembly.

In a sincere and open atmosphere, the two sides agreed to continue strengthening political trust, aiming to soon upgrade the Vietnam-Türkiye relationship to a new Partnership framework, creating momentum for bilateral cooperation.

The two National Assembly leaders agreed on the need to promote cooperation in the fields of trade - investment, defense, security, education; promote people-to-people exchanges, cultural connections, strengthen cooperation and local twinning, focusing on promoting cooperation between localities with strengths and many similarities, especially in the fields of tourism, culture and cultural heritage preservation. Vietnam is ready to be the gateway for Turkey to access the ASEAN market while Türkiye is ready to be the bridge for Vietnamese goods to penetrate the markets of the Middle East, Europe and Africa.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai presented a souvenir to Vice Chairman of the Turkish National Assembly Celal Adan.

The two sides also agreed to strengthen cooperation on the parliamentary channel, promote delegation exchanges at all levels, contacts between parliamentarians and professional agencies at all levels, exchange experiences in areas of mutual interest such as digital transformation, administrative reform, law-making, etc., and further promote the role of the Friendship Parliamentary Groups of each country. The two sides need to increase contacts, consultations, coordination and mutual support at multilateral parliamentary forums, especially the IPU, APA, ASEP and other multilateral parliamentary organizations.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai suggested that the two sides soon start bilateral FTA negotiations, and that Türkiye soon consider and recognize Vietnam as a country with a full market economy and actively consider removing and limiting the initiation of investigations and applying anti-dumping tax measures on Vietnamese export goods.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai with Vice Chairman of the Turkish National Assembly Celal Adan and delegates attending the meeting took a souvenir photo.

The Vice President of the National Assembly asked the Turkish National Assembly deputies to pay attention to and support policies that create favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community in Türkiye to integrate well into the local social life.

The Vice President of the Turkish National Assembly acknowledged the proposals of Vice President of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai and pledged to forward these proposals to Turkish authorities for consideration and implementation.

+ Previously, on the evening of September 28, at a meeting with the Embassy's staff and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Türkiye, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai sent warm regards from the Party, State and National Assembly leaders to the Embassy's staff and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Turkey; highly appreciated the efforts of Ambassador Dang Thi Thu Ha and the Embassy staff, despite the large workload and limited staff, they have always completed their tasks excellently, promoting the positive development of Vietnam - Turkey relations.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai speaks at a working session with officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Türkiye.

At the meeting, Ambassador Dang Thi Thu Ha reported to the delegation on the results of the Embassy's work, the situation of Vietnam-Türkiye bilateral relations and work with the Vietnamese community in the area.

The Vietnamese community in Türkiye is hard-working, complies with local laws, shares and helps each other and always looks towards the homeland. Currently, the Embassy is actively working with the community to implement steps towards establishing the Vietnamese Association in Türkiye.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai presented gifts to representatives of the Vietnamese community in Türkiye.

Representatives of the Vietnamese community in Türkiye expressed their deep affection for their homeland and country; wished that the Government would direct ministries and branches to create more favorable conditions for administrative procedures related to Vietnamese nationality and other identification papers, and develop the Vietnamese community in Türkiye...

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai with officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Türkiye

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai highly appreciated the spirit of solidarity, cohesion and positive contributions of the Vietnamese community in Türkiye; informed people about new policies to support overseas Vietnamese; affirmed that the Vietnamese community is the inseparable flesh and blood of the Vietnamese nation; requested the Embassy to continue to pay attention and do better work for overseas Vietnamese, and promote the early establishment of Vietnamese associations in the host country.

Also within the framework of the visit, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai and the Vietnamese National Assembly delegation had meetings and contacts with the Chairman of the Turkish Defense Industry Authority, the Chairman of the Turkish Court of Audit, and the Leader of the Türkiye-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Group; visited the Mausoleum and museum of Ataturk - the first President of Türkiye; visited the Turkish Parliament Building and listened to an introduction to digital infrastructure.