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Deputy PM meets world leaders to WEF on East Asia

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met bilaterally world leaders on the sidelines of the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia in Jakarta, Indonesia on April 20.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met bilaterally world leaders onthe sidelines of the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia inJakarta, Indonesia on April 20.

Meeting IndonesianVice President Jusuf Kalla, the Deputy PM suggested close bilateralcoordination to realise the 2014- 2018 Action Plan within the strategicpartnership framework as well as prepare for the 60th anniversary ofdiplomatic ties.

Both sides consented to lifting two-way trade from 5.4 billion USD recorded in 2014 to 10 billion USD before 2018 and settling fishermen issues at sea.

Ina meeting the same day, Deputy PM Phuc and his Russian counterpartArkady Dvokovich agreed to step up the delivery of commitments reachedduring Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev’s recent Vietnam visit.

WEF Executive Director Philipp Rosler and Deputy PM Phuc alsodiscussed ways to promote Vietnam in WEF activities and strengthencooperation in enhancing national competitiveness.

In another dialogue, Deputy Secretary General of the Organisation forEconomic and Cooperation Development Mari Kiviniemi agreed with theDeputy PM to use resources from the OECD’s Southeast Asia Programme forbilateral cooperative projects.

On the evening, Phuc attended a dinner banquet hosted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

On April 21, he is due to attend and deliver speeches to several key sessions of the forum./.
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