Speaker Karu Jayasuriya Begins Vietnam Visit

Followed by the meeting Speaker Karu Jeyasuriya  had with the Chairwoman of the National Assembly  Thi Kim Ngan last month on the sidelines of the 138th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-138) in Geneva, Switzerland, on invitation made by  , Nguyen Chairwoman of the National Assembly Thi Kim Ngan, Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament, Karu Jayasuriya, has reached Hanoi, beginning his official visit to Vietnam from April 23 to 27,

Minister of Internal Affairs, Cultural Affairs and Wayamba Development S.B. Nawinne, some members of the Sri Lankan Parliament; and Sri Lankan Ambassador to Vietnam, S.H.U. Dissanayake accompanied him  in this trip.

The five-day visit is made at the invitation of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Vietnam and Sri Lanka established diplomatic relations in 1970. The two countries are targeting 1 billion USD in two-way trade by 2020.