Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi

On the morning of April 23, within the framework of the ASEAN Future Forum in Hanoi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, who is on an official visit to Vietnam. Male.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomed Minister Retno Marsudi’s visit to Vietnam and co-chairing of the 5th meeting of the Vietnam-Indonesia Bilateral Cooperation Committee; highly appreciated the Minister’s important contribution to the success of the ASEAN Future Forum, contributing to the realization of the ASEAN Vision 2045 on building a resilient and sustainable ASEAN Community and promoting its central role in regional issues.

On this occasion, the Prime Minister conveyed General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s greetings to Indonesian President Joko Widodo, congratulated Indonesia on successfully organizing the General Election (February 2024), and believes that Indonesia will continue to develop. prosper, have an increasingly high position in the international arena, achieving the goal of becoming a developed country by the 100th anniversary of its founding (1945 – 2045).

The Prime Minister assessed that the Vietnam-Indonesia Strategic Partnership has been continuously developing strongly and deeply in all areas, with economic cooperation being a bright spot. In ASEAN, Indonesia is currently Vietnam’s third largest trade partner and Vietnam is Indonesia’s fourth largest trade partner. Trade turnover has increased nearly three times after 10 years of establishing the Strategic Partnership framework.

On the basis of achievements and to create new and more cohesive momentum for bilateral relations, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Indonesian Minister Retno Marsudi agreed to continue promoting cooperation to soon bring the bilateral relationship to fruition. Strategic Partnership reaches new heights; agreed to continue to increase delegation exchanges and high-level contacts at all levels; Effectively deploy bilateral cooperation mechanisms, high-level agreements, and signed documents; Organize meaningful activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2025.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Minister Retno Marsudi agreed to strive to bring bilateral trade turnover to 18 billion USD by 2028 and towards balance. Minister Retno Marsudi positively acknowledged and said that she would forward the proposals of the Vietnamese side to relevant Indonesian agencies for research and consideration to facilitate Vietnam’s agricultural products and Halal products to access the Indonesian market; soon allow the export of lobster seeds to Vietnam; strengthen cooperation in new areas that both sides have demand for and have much potential and room for growth such as: green economy, circular economy, renewable energy, semiconductor technology, digital economy, energy conversion, electric car industry, electric car battery production, etc.; continue to promote cooperation in fisheries and rice trade.

The Minister highly appreciated Vietnam’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, diversification and economic self-reliance, especially sharing that Indonesia fully agreed and supported Vietnam’s profound vision. Nam on the future of ASEAN. The Indonesian Foreign Minister also emphasized his desire to cooperate more closely in implementing the agreement between the two countries on food security issues; At the same time, we asked the Vietnamese Government to continue supporting Indonesian investment projects in Vietnam, a potential market that Indonesian businesses are increasingly interested in.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Indonesian Foreign Minister also affirmed to strengthen cooperation in other important areas such as defense, security, and maritime cooperation; continue to enhance people-to-people exchanges, especially between the two countries’ young generations, and promote tourism cooperation.

Appreciating Indonesia’s leading role in ASEAN cooperation, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Indonesian Foreign Minister agreed to continue to strengthen cooperation, consolidate solidarity and the central role of ASEAN, including supporting Laos to successfully assume the role of ASEAN Chair 2024, promoting the implementation of the ASEAN Community Vision to 2045, enhancing solidarity and the central role of ASEAN in resolving regional issues, including maintaining ASEAN’s common stance on the East Sea issue and promoting the implementation of ASEAN’s 5-point Consensus on the Myanmar issue./.