Politics

President hosts welcome ceremony for Indonesian counterpart

President Tran Dai Quang hosted an official welcome ceremony in Hanoi on September 11 for his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo, who is making a State-level visit to Vietnam on September 11 and 12.
President hosts welcome ceremony for Indonesian counterpart ảnh 1The two Presidents and their spouses at the welcome ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi, (VNA)- President Tran Dai Quang hosted an official welcomeceremony in Hanoi on September 11 for his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo, who ismaking a State-level visit to Vietnam on September 11 and 12.

After the ceremony, the two presidents held talks at the PresidentialPalace in Hanoi.

This is President Widodo’s first visit to Vietnam after his assumptionof the presidency in 2014.

The visit takes place in the context of new progress in theVietnam-Indonesia strategic partnership following the official visit toIndonesia by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen PhuTrong in August 2017.

President Widodo’s trip is expected to help set the orientation forbilateral cooperation in the next years and aims to develop economiccooperation and expand market access between the two countries.

Vietnam and Indonesia established diplomatic relations on December 30,1955.

In recent years, trade between the two countries has seen encouraging growth.Two-way trade value rose to 6.5 billion USD in 2017 and 4.7 billion USD for thefirst seven month of this year. The two sides are striving to bring it to 10billion USD in 2020.

In terms of investment ties, as of June this year, Indonesia rankedfifth among ASEAN members and 30th among 126 countries andterritories investing in Vietnam, with 71 projects valued at 514 million USD.Indonesian investors mainly operate in oil and gas exploration andexploitation, coal mining, banking, hotels, wood processing, fibre productionand garment making in Vietnam.

Vietnamese investors are running 13 projects with a combined value of 54.7million USD in Indonesia, focusing on oil and gas and mining.-VNA
VNA
#President Tran Dai Quang #official welcome ceremony #President Joko Widodo's State visit #Vietnam-Indonesia strategic partnership
Follow VietnamPlus

Related News

Vietnam visit by Indonesian President to push up bilateral relations

Vietnam visit by Indonesian President to push up bilateral relations

Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his spouse will pay a state-level visit to Vietnam from September 11-12 on the occasion of his attending the World Economic Forum on ASEAN. This is his first official visit to Vietnam since his assumption of the presidency in 2014.

See more

Streets in Hue city are decorated to welcome the 14th National Party Congress (Photo: VNA)

14th National Party Congress: Public expectations for new Party policies

The 14th National Party Congress will be a success and future policies will continue to prioritise social welfare, with stronger investment in health care and education, moving gradually towards free medical services and education to ensure equitable access to development gains, said Nguyen Dinh Ngo, 90, from Hue city.

Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man (Photo: VNA)

14th National Party Congress: Parliamentary diplomacy in era of nation’s rise

Together with Party diplomacy, State diplomacy, and people-to-people diplomacy, it has created a combined strength for Vietnam’s professional and modern diplomacy; contributed to enhancing the country’s position in the international arena and promoting rapid and sustainable development, firmly safeguarding national sovereignty and interests, and consolidating a comprehensive and solid legal foundation for deep international integration.

Renato Darsie, Chairman of the Italy – Vietnam Friendship Sub-Association in the Veneto region, and Franco Nube, a member of the association’s executive board, grant an interview to the Vietnam News Agency. (Photo: VNA)

14th Party Congress seen as springboard for Vietnam’s next development phase

Renato Darsie, Chairman of the Italy – Vietnam Friendship Sub-Association in the Veneto region, expressed confidence that the 14th Congress will build on the resolution of the 13th Congress while clearly outlining approaches and solutions to realise the goals set, taking into account rapid and profound global changes during the interval between the two congresses.

State President Luong Cuong, leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the newly appointed ambassadors at the ceremony on January 16 (Photo: VNA)

State President appoints new ambassadors abroad

President Luong Cuong asked the newly-appointed ambassadors and heads of representative missions to firmly adhere to the Party’s and State’s foreign policy, closely follow the goals, requirements and tasks of national development, and effectively implement the foreign-affairs priorities set out in the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Italy takes part in the 41st Macfrut agricultural fair in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, with a booth highlighting Vietnam’s fruit garden with oriental spices and herbs. (Photo: VNA)

Economic diplomacy helps open markets for agricultural exports

The draft documents for the 14th National Party Congress identify foreign affairs as a key and regular task, with diplomacy in agriculture and the environment recognised as a core component of economic, environmental and development diplomacy directly linked to national strategic priorities.