(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan on Thursday discussed ways to make bilateral relations more effective. They agreed that geographical distance is no barrier to bilateral cooperation.
 National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man meets with Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan. Photo: Doan Tan/VNA
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The two leaders stressed the need to create a legal framework and favorable conditions for their businesses to connect and seek cooperation and investment opportunities in aviation, science, technology, innovation, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and green transformation.
They agreed to ramp up cooperation in defense, security, education, training, culture, sports, people-to-people exchanges, and tourism.
Chairman Man and President Khachaturyan pledged to continue to closely coordinate and support each other at multilateral forums. Mr. Man said Vietnam is ready to support Armenia’s connection with ASEAN. He asked Armenia to support ASEAN and Vietnam’s stance on the East Sea and resolving disputes by peaceful means on the basis of international law.
Mr. Man invited Armenian leaders to attend the signing of the UN Convention against Cybercrime to be hosted by Vietnam in Hanoi in October 2025. Mr. Khachaturyan applauded Vietnam for organizing that important event and announced that Armenia will host the COP 17 UN Conference on Biological Diversity in 2026, saying he hopes Vietnam will send senior leaders to that conference.