Geneva, July 30, July 30 -- Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man expressed his appreciation for the growing ties between Vietnam and Ireland, underscoring Vietnam's consistent policy of valuing its friendship and multifaceted cooperation with the European country, particularly in the parliamentary sphere.

NA Chairman Man made the statement during a meeting with Verona Murphy, Ceann Comhairle (Speaker) of Dail Eireann - the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of Ireland on July 29 afternoon (local time) in Geneva, Switzerland, on the margins of the sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament.

Stressing the importance of the EU-Vietnam Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation...