President meets Vietnamese community in Indonesia
Jakarta (VNA) – President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met staff of the
Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia, the Vietnamese delegation at ASEAN and the Vietnamese community living and working in Indonesia
on December 22.
The President said that the Vietnamese Party and State always pay
attention to the Vietnamese community abroad, considering them an inseparable part of the great
national unity bloc.
The President wished that the Vietnamese community, especially
Vietnamese enterprises in Indonesia, would carry forward bilateral trade
cooperation, especially in farm produce and hi-tech electronics.
He informed them that he had recently held a successful talks with
President Joko Widodo and a number of cooperation agreements had been signed on the
occasion, and more will be reached in the coming time.
He is also scheduled to visit ASEAN Secretariat, meet the ASEAN
Secretary General, ambassadors and chargé d'affaires of ASEAN member states,
showing Vietnam’s appreciation for the bloc’s security, self-resilience and
central role.
On the occasion, the President asked the Vietnamese Embassy and other
representative agencies in Indonesia to continue fulfilling assigned tasks and materialise
the outcomes of his visit, including propelling bilateral ties in innovation, a
field of Indonesia’s strength.
They were also urged to work closely with the host authorities
next year when Indonesia will assume the role of ASEAN Chair, help the two
countries’ businesses navigate each other’s market and continue with citizen
protection work, thus making practical contributions to the homeland./.