On the afternoon of January 12, at the National Assembly House, Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo who is on a state visit to Vietnam.
President of Congress Vuong Dinh Hue emphasized that the visit has important significance as the two countries have just celebrated 10 years of strategic partnership (2013-2023); believes that the success of the visit will be an important mark for the two countries to work towards raising the Strategic Partnership to a new level, aiming to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the two countries establishing diplomatic relations in 2025.
Recalling the good impressions of the official visit to Indonesia in August 2023, President of Congress Vuong Dinh Hue congratulated and appreciated the great achievements that Indonesia has achieved in economic development, ensuring social security as well as Indonesia’s position and role in the region and internationally.
In particular, Indonesia successfully assumes the Chairmanship of the G20 in 2022, the Chairmanship of ASEAN and the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) in 2023 with many major initiatives on sustainable development, response to climate change, and sustainable development. maintain an environment of peace, stability, cooperation and development.
On behalf of the Vietnamese National Assembly, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue affirmed that Vietnam always values and strives to cooperate with Indonesia to promote the Vietnam-Indonesia Strategic Partnership more substantively and deeply. , meeting the aspirations and interests of the two peoples as well as the friendly relations and good cooperation between the two countries that have been built by President Ho Chi Minh and President Sukarno and have been nurtured by generations of leaders of the two countries. construction work.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo expressed his pleasure to meet National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue again; Sincerely thank the warm welcome of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue for the President and the entire delegation.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo highly appreciated the Indonesia-Vietnam Strategic Partnership which has achieved many positive results with the two countries having just signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Information and Communications Technology Cooperation and a Memorandum of Understanding. on Fisheries Cooperation; said that the two sides need to promote bilateral partnership in demographics, digitalization and high-tech industry. The Indonesian President emphasized that there is important support from the National Assembly to promote the relationship between the two countries.
At the meeting, the two leaders expressed joy at the development of relations between the two countries; Agree on the need to continue to increase the exchange of delegations at all levels and channels, including the two countries’ National Assembly leadership delegations, to further tighten traditional friendship and good cooperation, and improve the effectiveness of mechanisms. existing cooperation.
To continue developing relations between the two countries, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue proposed that the two sides exchange content and roadmap to raise bilateral relations to new heights.
The two leaders agreed to strive to bring bilateral trade turnover to 15 billion USD soon. National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue proposed increasing trade turnover towards a more balanced direction; The two sides create favorable conditions for key export products of the two countries; promote cooperation on Halal food, share experience in institution building to develop the global Halal industry.
The Indonesian President expressed hope that two-way trade turnover can reach 15 billion USD by 2028.
The two leaders agreed to promote bilateral cooperation in renewable energy fields, including electric vehicle and battery production projects in Indonesia.
The Indonesian President asked National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue to support promoting policies to accelerate the energy transition process; ensure autonomy and independence in the field of renewable energy; Implement a joint venture in electric vehicle battery production between businesses of the two countries.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue agreed with the proposal of the President of Indonesia, and asked Indonesia to create favorable conditions and legal procedures for cooperation in forming an ecosystem of electric vehicles and batteries; affirmed that the Vietnamese National Assembly has issued many institutions and policies to promote the development of this field.
The two leaders highly appreciated the role of Parliamentary/National Assembly cooperation in promoting the development of relations between the two countries. National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue requested the Indonesian President to support the two National Assembly to increase cooperation, exchange and sharing of legislative experience as well as between specialized committees, friendly parliamentary groups, and female parliamentarians. young senators and parliamentarians; Close cooperation at multilateral parliamentary forums.
The President of Indonesia agreed with the proposal of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue; We welcome the Vietnamese National Assembly and the Indonesian House of Representatives to strengthen cooperation and sign a Memorandum of Cooperation in August 2023.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hopes that the two countries will continue to coordinate more closely within the framework of the Government and parliament to contribute to promoting solidarity, unity, the central role of ASEAN, and promoting the role of ASEAN. IPA’s role as well as maintaining peace and stability in the region.
The two leaders said that both sides should strengthen maritime cooperation. The National Assembly Chairman emphasized that Indonesia and Vietnam cooperate according to the ASEAN viewpoint on the East Sea; Promote the implementation of the DOC and coordinate in negotiating an effective and efficient COC in accordance with international law and UNCLOS 1982.