The traditional friendship, nurtured early on by President Ho Chi Minh and President Sukarno and carefully cultivated by successive generations of leaders and people of both countries, has made remarkable progress across politics, economy, defence and people-to-people exchanges.
The state visit to Vietnam by Indonesian President Joko Widodo from January 11-13 will be an opportunity for the two countries to discuss measures to deepen their strategic partnership and tighten their traditional friendship nurtured over the past nearly 70 years, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Ta Van Thong.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Ta Van Thong held a New Year meeting with the media in Jakarta on January 4, during which he expressed his hope that the press of Vietnam and Indonesia will continue contributing to promoting the partnership between the two countries and acting as a bridge for friendship between the two peoples.
National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on August 4 met with officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Jakarta, the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to ASEAN and the Vietnamese community in Indonesia.
Since Vietnam and Indonesia set up their strategic partnership on June 27, 2013, the bilateral relations have been growing in a strong, comprehensive and steady manner, stated Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Ta Van Thong.
The Vietnam-Indonesia traditional friendship, founded by President Ho Chi Minh and President Sukarno and nurtured by many generations of leaders of the two countries, is growing strongly on firm foundations, Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Ta Van Thong has said.
The relations between Vietnam and Indonesia are in prime time and will continue to thrive in all fields in the future, stated Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Ta Van Thong at a ceremony celebrating the 77th National Day of Vietnam in Jakarta on September 14.
