Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments meeting opens in Vietnam

A meeting of the Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments (ASGP) opened here on Sunday on the occasion of the ongoing 132nd Assembly of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU).

Welcoming at the opening ceremony, Nguyen Hanh Phuc, head of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA)'s office said the host of the ASGP meeting marks an important movement of his country's NA in process of international integration.

Phuc expressed his desire that in the context of the current ASGP meeting, Vietnamese NA office will share experience with colleagues to increase its working capacity.

On Sunday morning, participants listened to speeches presented by secretaries general of parliaments from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Spain on public relations practices of those parliaments.

The meeting is expected to witness various communications by representatives under themes of public and media relations and politics in parliaments.

The ASGP is an IPU consultative body that brings together senior parliamentary officials to study parliamentary law and promote cooperation between the services of different parliaments. It is an autonomous self managing body which meets during Inter- Parliamentary Conferences and works in conjunction with the IPU bodies responsible for the study of parliamentary institutions.

The 132nd IPU Assembly is being held in Vietnam's capital Hanoi from Saturday to Wednesday with the participation of top leaders from global parliaments, regional inter-parliamentary and international organizations. Endi