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Party Leader starts official visit to Indonesia

by VTV423 August 2017 Last updated at 13:57 PM

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VTV.vn - Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong arrived in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on August 22nd where he was received by President Joko Widodo at Freedom Palace.

The visit marks a historic milestone in bilateral relations as it is the first visit made by a top Vietnamese political leader since the two nations established a strategic partnership in June 2013 and it's expected to strengthen mutual trust, promote co-operation and foster new developments in the relationship between the two countries. With a population of 263 million people and as one of the founders of ASEAN, Indonesia occupies a strategic position. Indonesia has co-operated with Vietnam in many fields, with trade turnover of 5.6 billion USD in 2016 a figure set to rise to 10 billion USD in the coming time.