Hanoi, April 11 -- Hanoi, April 11 (VNA) - Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man, his spouse, and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation departed from Hanoi on early April 11 morning to attend the 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-152) in Istanbul and conduct a number of bilateral activities in Turkiye, and pay an official visit to Italy from April 11-17. The trip is made at the invitation of IPU President Tulia Ackson and IPU Secretary General Martin Chungong. The official delegation includes Party Central Committee members: NA Secretary General and Chairman of the NA Office Le Quang Manh; Chairman of the NA's Council for Ethnic Affairs Lam Van Man; Chairman of the NA Committee for Culture and Social Affa...