Indonesia vows to support VN as Chair of ASEAN
VGP - Indonesia is determined to provide full support for Việt Nam as the President of ASEAN in 2010, stressed Indonesian Ambassador to Việt Nam Pitono Purnomo.
The Ambassador made the statement at the Second Media Informal Gathering
(MIG II) taking place today in Hà Nội.
Indonesia will stand behind and provide full support to Việt Nam in the
latter’s term as the President of ASEAN in 2010, says Indonesian Ambassador to
Việt Nam Pitono Purnomo, Hà Nội,
December 16, 2009 – Photo: VGP/Văn Thừa
The event, which drew the participation of local reporters, aims at
introducing the current stage, prospect of as well as
Ambassador Pitono Purnomo
noted that the development of the bilateral friendship is so dynamic in all
fields, including politics, trade, and education.
In his visit to Việt
The very friendly relationship was also seen at the 3rd Round
Table Discussion on Policy Planning Consultation of Indonesia and Việt
Regarding to economic linkages, the two-way trade turnover increased
quickly from US $364 million in 1995 to US $1 billion in 2003 and US $2 billion
in 2006. In 2008, despite impacts of the global financial crisis and economic
downturn, the figure still reached US $2.5 billion. The two sides hope that the
trade value next year would be the same of 2008.
As a
measure to boost tourism cooperation, last week, the Indonesian Embassy in Việt
In
2009, the Indonesian Government has been offering training programs and
providing scholarships to Vietnamese officials and organizations, and the trend
will be continued into 2010, the diplomat stressed when he referred to the fact
that the two countries are expanding education cooperation.