Attending the opening session, on the international side, there were Mr. Duarte Pacheco, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union; Mr. Martin Chungong, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union; Mr. Dan Carden, President of the IPU Young Parliamentarians' Forum, Member of the House of Representatives, United Kingdom; Ms. Cynthia Lopez Castro, President of the IPU Women Parliamentarians' Forum. On the Vietnamese side, there were Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue ; Permanent Secretary of the Secretariat, Head of the Central Organizing Committee Truong Thi Mai; Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man and Vice Chairmen of the National Assembly; Members of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam; representatives of leaders of ministries, departments, branches, central agencies of the Party and State of Vietnam...

The 9th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians was attended by more than 500 young parliamentarians and delegates from IPU member parliaments and representatives of international organizations; ambassadors, representatives of foreign diplomatic missions and international organizations in Vietnam.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, leaders of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and delegates chaired the conference.

Delegates perform the flag salute ceremony at the opening ceremony.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue speaks at the opening ceremony.

Domestic and international delegates attended the opening ceremony.

Recorded speech of President Vo Van Thuong sent to the Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians.

Young parliamentarians follow the speech of President Vo Van Thuong.

President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Duarte Pacheco speaks at the opening ceremony.

Chairman of the IPU Young Parliamentarians Forum Dan Carden speaks at the opening ceremony.

Inter-Parliamentary Union Secretary General Martin Chungong speaks at the opening ceremony.

Chairman of the 15th National Assembly Young Deputies Group Nguyen Anh Tuan spoke at the opening ceremony.

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