On the afternoon of April 6 (local time), within the framework of attending the 150th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-150) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man met with IPU President Tulia Ackson.

At the meeting, IPU President Tulia Ackson thanked Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man took the time to attend IPU-150; appreciated that since joining the IPU, Vietnam has always been an active member and the successful hosting of the 132nd IPU Conference in 2015 and the Global Young Parliamentarians' Conference in 2023 has made a strong impression on parliamentarians, especially in terms of thoughtful organization, discussion content and hospitality of the people; in IPU conferences and discussions, Vietnam has always been cited as a typical example of promoting gender equality, empowering women, empowering young parliamentarians; expressed his impression of Vietnam's development achievements, including ensuring social justice and social security for the people, especially impressed by the decision to exempt all tuition fees for students from kindergarten to high school in public schools nationwide.

Sharing the achievements in socio-economic development and efforts to ensure social security and improve people's lives in the past time as well as major development orientations in the coming time, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man also expressed his appreciation for the important role and contributions of the IPU in implementing IPU programs and strategies, promoting cooperation between the IPU and member parliaments, enhancing the role and voice of parliaments and parliamentarians; thanking Ms. Tulia Ackson for her good feelings and active support for the country and the National Assembly of Vietnam, contributing to promoting the Vietnam-IPU cooperation relationship.

Affirming that the Vietnamese National Assembly always supports the role of the IPU and multilateralism, the National Assembly Chairman reiterated Vietnam's outstanding contributions, especially hosting many important conferences in recent times, and asked the IPU President to support Vietnam in hosting IPU events in the future, further promoting Vietnam-IPU cooperation, actively implementing the IPU Action Strategy for the 2022-2026 period, focusing on innovation and digital transformation, supporting the Vietnamese National Assembly in policy advice, promoting and monitoring the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

IPU President Tulia Ackson also shared that, as a Tanzanian, a country that has good relations with Vietnam through both party and government channels, she hopes that the Tanzanian National Assembly and the Vietnamese National Assembly will strengthen cooperation in the coming time, especially increasing contacts and delegation exchanges between professional agencies of the two legislative bodies, between parliamentarians, as well as sharing legislative experiences between the two countries.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man thanked and asked Ms. Tulia Ackson, in her capacity as President of the Tanzanian National Assembly, to continue actively promoting Vietnam-Tanzania cooperation and support Vietnam's participation in events and activities of the African Union.

The two sides agreed to closely coordinate to further promote Vietnam-IPU cooperation in the coming time.

On this occasion, the IPU President respectfully invited National Assembly Chairwoman Tran Thanh Man to attend the 6th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in July 2025.