Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly ChairwomanNguyen Thi Kim Ngan and her entourage arrived in Hanoi on August 29 afternoon,concluding her trip to attend the 40th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 40) and payan official visit to Thailand.

The trip was made at the invitation of Speaker of the Thai House ofRepresentatives and Chair of AIPA 40 Chuan Leekpai.

Delivering an important speech at the first plenary session, Ngan stressed thatAIPA and its parliamentarians are willing to partner with ASEAN to build asustainable Community with peace, stability, rule of law, people-centredoperations and unity.

At the closing session, the top Vietnamese legislator assumed the role of AIPAChair from Chuan Leekpai.

She affirmed that the Vietnamese legislature will continue renewing AIPA’soperations, improving its stature in the building of ASEAN Community.

Via activities within the AIPA framework, the Vietnamese NA will continueenhancing partnership between AIPA and ASEAN, international organisations andother multilateral cooperation mechanisms to step up the delivery ofcommitments in the building of ASEAN Community – Vision 2025, she said.

On the sidelines of AIPA 40, NA Chairwoman Ngan met with Speaker of MoroccanHouse of Representatives HabibEl Malki and President of the CambodianNational Assembly Heng Samrin.

While in Thailand, Chairwoman Ngan held talks with Speaker of the Thai House ofRepresentatives Chuan Leekpai, met Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Speakerof the Thai Senate PornpetchWichitcholchai.

She also visited Udon Thani province and met its GovernorWatana Puttichat.-VNA