The visit aimed to exchange legislative experience in supervising social policies and step up cooperation between NA committees particularly in the context that Turkey has remarkably progressed in social affairs and belonged to the developing countries group.

During the working visit, the two sides compared notes on issues related to the role of the NA agencies in outlining social welfare policies, including those for the elderly, people with disabilities, employment, wages and social insurance and poverty reduction.

Meeting the two Turkish NA Committees, Hung briefed them on the East Sea tensions after China illegally placed its oil rig 981 in Vietnam’s territorial waters.

This move has seriously violated the sovereign rights and jurisdiction of Vietnam under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and other related agreements on fundamental principles guiding the settlement of sea issues between Vietnam and China, Hung emphasized.

About this serious issue, Chairman of the NA Committee on External Affairs Tran Van Hang sent a letter to his Turkish counterpart Volkan Bozkir expressing Vietnam’s wish for the NA, the Government and people of Turkey’s support for the country’s struggle for justice.

In Istanbul, the Vietnamese delegation visited the Vietnamese community and V& TTravel Plus- the first Vietnamese business run company in Turkey.

Vietnamese delegates hailed the company’s growth and hoped it will enjoy a more dynamic development, helping the Vietnamese business community achieve greater penetration of the lucrative market in Eurasian region.

VOV