Baku-Hanoi ties deepen as Azerbaijan's Parliament Speaker accepts visit invitation

On May 8, 2025, Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis, Sahiba Gafarova, held a meeting with To Lam, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CC CPV), who visited Azerbaijan.

According to reports from Vietnamese media, cited by local press, both sides underscored the need to enhance bilateral cooperation, particularly in the fields of energy, education, agriculture, and food security, Caliber.Az reports. 

They also stressed the importance of strengthening parliamentary collaboration between the two nations.

During the discussions, Speaker Gafarova extended an invitation to the Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, Chung Thanh Manu, to visit Azerbaijan.

In response, To Lam conveyed Chung Thanh Manu’s warm greetings and issued an invitation for Gafarova to visit Vietnam, an invitation which she graciously accepted.

By Tamilla Hasanova