Tokyo, March 17 -- Professor Toshiro Nishizawa of the University of Tokyo has highlighted the increasingly prominent role of Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) and local authorities in promoting socio-economic development, as well as the importance of parliamentary cooperation to general relations between Vietnam and Japan.

Talking to the Vietnam News Agency about the performance of Vietnam's 15th NA (the 2021-2026 tenure), Nishizawa said that although the legislature faced numerous disruptions in the post-pandemic period, it demonstrated strong determination in the latter half of its term by pursuing institutional reforms and improving administrative efficiency.

Many media outlets and observers of Vietnam, he added, have offered positive...