News media explore Vietnam-Indonesia strategic partnership
Vietnam and Indonesia are always close partners, according to an article posted on the Jakarta Post on August 22 on the occasion of the official visit to Indonesia by Vietnam’s Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong from August 22-24.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met Vice Chairmen of the People’s Consultative Assembly of Indonesia Evert Ernest Mangindaan and Hidayat Nur Wahdid in Jakarta on August 22 (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam and Indonesiaare always close partners, according to an article posted on the Jakarta Poston August 22 on the occasion of the official visit to Indonesia by Vietnam’s PartyGeneral Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong from August 22-24.
The article said since the establishment ofdiplomatic ties in December 1955, the bilateral friendship has grown rapidly.The two countries have signed over 30 cooperation agreements in wide-rangingfields.
Vietnam and Indonesia elevated their relationsto new heights with the signing of a Joint Statement on the Fram🔴ework ofFriendly and ꦑComprehensive Cooperation Entering into the 21st Century.
The twonations agreed to increase relations to strategic partnership in 2011.
Over the past decade,two-way trade has increased fourfold. In 2016, the bilateral trade surged to arecord-high of 6.27 billion USD, a huge jump from 1.6 billion USD in 2006.Vietnam and Indonesia strive to increase two-way trade to 10 billion USD in2018.
Politically, the two countries shared commonviewpoints of maintaining close coordination at international forums such asthe United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN).
On August 21, Eurasia Review posted an articleon its website highlighting the growing strategic ties between Vietnam andIndonesia. “Indonesiaregards Vietnam as an important country that has potent♚ially huge strategicimportance in Southeast Asia,” it said.
“According toVietnam, Indonesia is an important power that can maintain ASEAN unity,centrality and maintain peace and security in Southeast Asia,” it added. The three-dayhistoric visit, which is also the first-ever visit to Indonesia by a SecretaryGeneral of the Communist Party of Vietnam, is intended to open a new chapter inthe more than six decades of close friendship between the two countries, thearticle said. The VietnameseParty leader’s visit will positively contribute to deepening bilateral relationsand strengthening cooperation in many fields. Vietnam isscheduled to host the 2017 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in the centralcoastal city of Da Nang in November and President Joko Widodo will attend thisevent. The visits ofTrong and Widodo will set the course of strategic ties between Vietnam andIndonesia for the future, the article concluded.-VNA
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Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met Vice Chairmen of the People’s Consultative Assembly of Indonesia Evert Ernest Mangindaan and Hidayat Nur Wahdid in Jakarta on August 22 (Source: VNA) 
