Attending the meeting were Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, Head of the Organizing Committee of the 9th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians; comrades in the Organizing Committee, Sub-committees and representatives of departments, ministries, branches, Hanoi city...

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue speaks at the meeting. Photo: HOANG QUYNH

Presenting a report on the progress of the conference preparations, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Vu Hai Ha said that the Organizing Committee has established 3 sub-committees and supporting groups; and has coordinated with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Secretariat to agree on the general theme of the conference: "The role of youth in promoting the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals through digital transformation and innovation". The conference is expected to have 4 discussion sessions.

At the meeting, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and delegates focused on reviewing each topic in detail, clarifying the content of each discussion session and the organization, logistics, reception work...; the participation of the Vietnamese delegation at the Conference and each discussion session, and activities on the sidelines of the conference.

Speaking at the meeting, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue emphasized that, based on the Project approved by the Politburo, the National Assembly Party Delegation and the National Assembly Standing Committee established the Conference Organizing Committee headed by National Assembly Permanent Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man. Immediately after that, the Organizing Committee established sub-committees to carry out preparations for the Conference.

The National Assembly Chairman also said that he had directly worked with a number of relevant ministries and branches such as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Information and Communications, and the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, listening to many comments on the topic, content, and organization of the conference, thereby proposing the general topic of the Conference and the main content of the discussion sessions on digital transformation, innovation, and promoting cultural and human factors in sustainable development, finding links between these three topics.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue speaks. Photo: HOANG QUYNH

The National Assembly Chairman highly appreciated the Organizing Committee of the Subcommittees for completing a large amount of work to prepare for the Conference; commended the sense of responsibility and dedication of the ministries, agencies and units in participating in the preparation of the Conference. At the same time, he requested the Foreign Affairs Committee to study the experiences and good practices of other countries in the previous 8 times of organizing the Global Young Parliamentarians Conference; continue to review and clarify the title, content and content of each discussion session as well as the framework of the Hanoi Declaration; actively prepare to deploy booths to display OCOP products and innovative products of Vietnam, and promote information and propaganda work in many forms.

The National Assembly Chairman emphasized that this is a very important conference of global significance. Therefore, relevant agencies and organizations should focus on doing a good job of preparation, as this is also an opportunity to promote the country's image after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Meeting scene. Photo: HOANG QUYNH

The National Assembly Chairman requested the Organizing Committee and the Subcommittees to focus all their efforts, the Head of the Organizing Committee should work with each Subcommittee, and the National Assembly committees should be more active in participating in the preparation work, especially in terms of content, and must be clear about what work is done by who, and when it will be completed in order to urge.

The National Assembly Chairman requested to soon issue a master plan on the content, thereby linking the sections together, forming the "soul" of the conference documents; soon complete the detailed script for the Opening Ceremony, thematic discussion sessions... Regarding the program, the National Assembly Chairman said that it should be organized briefly, including: Opening Ceremony, thematic session 1, thematic session 2, thematic session 3 and closing in a total time of about 1.5 days.

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