Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) receives Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (Photo: VNA) The leader conveyed Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's regard to Indonesian President Joko Widodo, congratulated Indonesia on the successful holding of its general elections in February, and expressed his belief that the country will develop further, gain a higher position in the international arena, and achieve its goal of becoming a developed country by 2045.
Speaking highly of the FM's important contributions to thesuccess of the ASEAN Future Forum, the PM assessed that the Vietnam - IndonesiaStrategic Partnership is developing strongly in all fields, with economiccooperation being a bright spot. Indonesia is currently Vietnam’s 3rd largesttrade partner in ASEAN, while the latter is the former’s 4th biggest. Tradeturnover has increased nearly 3-fold 10 years after the establishment of the bilateral strategicpartnership.
The two sides agreed to intensifycollaboration to soon bring the partnership to a new height, step updelegation exchanges and contacts, effectively implement bilateral cooperationmechanisms and agreements, and organise activities in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the diplomatic ties in 2025.
They also agreed to work together to bringbilateral trade turnover to 18 billion USD by 2028 and in a balanced direction.
Marsudi said she will forward theVietnamese side's proposals to relevant Indonesian agencies to study andconsider facilitating Vietnamese agricultural and Halal products to access theIndonesian market; soon allow the export of young lobster to Vietnam; and strengthencooperation in new fields such as green economy, circular economy, renewableenergy, semiconductor technology, digital economy, energy transition, and the electricvehicle industry.
Speaking highly of Vietnam's foreign policyof independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation, diversification, andeconomic self-reliance, the FM said that Indonesia fully agrees and supportsVietnam's profound vision on the future of ASEAN. She also emphasised her hopeto cooperate more closely in implementing the agreement between the two countrieson food security.
Both host and guest affirmed to strengthencooperation in other important fields such as defence, security, and maritimecooperation; and continue intensifying people-to-people exchanges, especiallybetween young generations, and promote tourism collaboration.
They also agreed to back ASEAN’s centralrole in addressing regional issues, including maintaining the bloc’s commonstance on the East Sea issue, and promoting the implementation of ASEAN's five-pointconsensus on the Myanmar issue./.
The two sides agreed to intensifycollaboration to soon bring the partnership to a new height, step updelegation exchanges and contacts, effectively implement bilateral cooperationmechanisms and agreements, and organise activities in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the diplomatic ties in 2025.
They also agreed to work together to bringbilateral trade turnover to 18 billion USD by 2028 and in a balanced direction.
Marsudi said she will forward theVietnamese side's proposals to relevant Indonesian agencies to study andconsider facilitating Vietnamese agricultural and Halal products to access theIndonesian market; soon allow the export of young lobster to Vietnam; and strengthencooperation in new fields such as green economy, circular economy, renewableenergy, semiconductor technology, digital economy, energy transition, and the electricvehicle industry.
Speaking highly of Vietnam's foreign policyof independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation, diversification, andeconomic self-reliance, the FM said that Indonesia fully agrees and supportsVietnam's profound vision on the future of ASEAN. She also emphasised her hopeto cooperate more closely in implementing the agreement between the two countrieson food security.
Both host and guest affirmed to strengthencooperation in other important fields such as defence, security, and maritimecooperation; and continue intensifying people-to-people exchanges, especiallybetween young generations, and promote tourism collaboration.
They also agreed to back ASEAN’s centralrole in addressing regional issues, including maintaining the bloc’s commonstance on the East Sea issue, and promoting the implementation of ASEAN's five-pointconsensus on the Myanmar issue./.
VNA
