Vietnamese and Indonesian delegations have met in Bali, Indonesia, for the second meeting on the theme Towards the Vietnam-Indonesia strategic partnership.

The August 28-29 conference, co-chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh and Head of the Indonesian Foreign Ministry’s Policy Analysis and Development Agency Pitono Purnomo, focused on the content of the two countries’ strategic partnership, including efforts to enhance bilateral cooperation and regional and global cooperation.

Both sides defined a number of key cooperation areas, including politics, defence security, law, economics, trade and investment, social affairs-culture, food security and energy.

According to Pitono Purnomo, lifting up Indonesia-Vietnam ties to a partnership level will benefit both countries and contribute to positive development in the region.

The first conference on bringing the two countries’ relations to a strategic level took place in Hanoi on July 13-14.-VNA