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Vietnam-Indonesia ties grow stronger

The bilateral and traditional relationship between Vietnam and Indonesia has kept getting stronger in many fields, which will create a firm foundation for raising the level of cooperation in the future.
The bilateral and traditional relationship between Vietnam andIndonesia has kept getting stronger in many fields, which will create afirm foundation for raising the level of cooperation in the future.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City chapter of theVietnam-Indonesia Friendship Organisation (VIFO) Le Ton Thanh andIndonesian Consul General Bambang Tarsanto both stated this at a meetingto celebrate Indonesia’s 67 th Independence Day (August 17) held onAugust 29.

Ton said that Vietnam and Indonesia arealways reliable partners when dealing with common issues around theregion, including the East Sea . Both countries also make a lot ofefforts to turn ASEAN into an important political-economic player inSoutheast Asia , underlining the significant central role that the blocplays in Asia-Pacific and the world at large.

Therelationship between both countries has seen developments in variousareas, he said, adding that both countries need to step up cooperationin maritime affairs, fisheries, agriculture, food safety, legal affairs,education and training, culture, tourism and energy.

They should also speed up infrastructure projects and overhaul airlinks to match their socio-political-economic ties, said Ton.

According to Bambang Tarsanto , Vietnam and Indonesia have alot of potential for working together in economics, trade, investment,tourism and socio-cultural affairs.

Noting thattwo-way trade between the two countries in 2011 reached 4.7 billion USD,an annual increase of 53 percent, the official said that he believesthis figure will reach 5 billion USD by 2015.

In education,the Indonesian government granted scholarships to 27 Vietnamese studentsfor the 2011-2012 academic year and 23 will be admitted for the2012-2013 academic year.-VNA
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