Hanoi, April 1 -- Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA)'s Committee on National Defence, Security, and External Affairs Don Tuan Phong has highlighted key contributions by the NA to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) ahead of NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man's upcoming participation in the 150th Assembly of the IPU in Uzbekistan. Phong said that since its establishment in 1889, the IPU has increasingly affirmed its vital role amid growing global fragmentation, which makes global challenges more difficult, requiring comprehensive solutions, joint efforts, and consensus of countries, including close coordination of parliaments around the world. Since joining the IPU in 1979, the Vietnamese NA has always demonstrated active and responsible ...