Senegal holds official welcome ceremony for Vietnam’s top legislator
An official welcome ceremony was held in Dakar on the morning of July 23 for visiting Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man and the high-level Vietnamese delegation by President of the Senegalese National Assembly El Malick Ndiaye.
Dakar (VNA) – President of the Senegalese National Assembly El Malick Ndiaye hosted an official welcome ceremony for visiting Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man and the high-level Vietnamese delegation in Dakar on the morning of July 23.
A military band played the national anthems of both countries, followed by the two parliamentary leaders reviewing the guard of honour. Immediately after the welcome ceremony, NA Chairman Man held a meeting with the Senegalese NA President.
This is the first official visit to Senegal by a key Vietnamese leader since the establishment of diplomatic ties nearly six decades ago.
Parliamentary cooperation between Vietnam and Senegal has primarily taken place through multilateral frameworks such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie (APF), as well as at multilateral conferences hosted by the Vietnamese NA. The First Vice-President of the Senegalese NA attended the APF Executive Committee meeting in Vietnam’s Can Tho city in January.
NA Chairman Man’s current visit holds special significance in strengthening political trust, deepening friendship, providing momentum for multifaceted cooperation between the two countries, including inter-parliamentary ties, and creating legal frameworks for enhanced collaboration between the two governments and businesses in the time to come./.
