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General Secretary To Lam to visit Indonesia, Singapore SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM General Secretary To Lam to visit Indonesia, Singapore VGP – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee To Lam and his Spouse will pay a State visit to Indonesia and official visits to the ASEAN Secretariat and Singapore from March 9-13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Friday. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee To Lam The visits will be made at the invitations of Chair of Gerindra Party Prabowo Subianto, ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn, and Secretary-General of the Singapore's People's Action Party. Deputy FM highlights significance of General Secretary To Lam's visits to Indonesia, Singapore established diplomatic relations on December 30, 1955 and both sides elevated the ties to strategic partnership in 2013, making Viet Nam the only strategic partner of Indonesia in ASEAN. In recent years, the traditional friendship and strategic partnership between Viet Nam and Indonesia have developed fruitfully. The two sides have maintained regular exchange of delegations and high-level meetings at all levels, especially in 2023 when the two countries celebrated the 10th anniversary of their strategic partnership. Bilateral cooperation agreements have been realized effectively, including the action program to implement the Viet Nam-Indonesia strategic partnership for the 2019-2023 period. Indonesia is currently Viet Nam's third biggest trade partner in ASEAN, while Viet Nam is India's fourth largest. The two-way trade was estimated at around US$12.6 billion as of November 2023. Both sides set goal to raise their trade exchanges to US$15 billion by 2028. Viet Nam joined ASEAN in 1995, a move described by ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn as a transformative event that reshaped the geo-political landscape of Southeast Asia. This historic milestone not only marked Viet Nam's regional and international integration but also represented a significant step towards realizing the ASEAN Founding Fathers' vision: a unified Southeast Asia— maritime and mainland, archipelagic and continental—bound by the aspirations for peace and prosperity and the spirit of solidarity and mutual understanding. "Over the past three decades, Viet Nam's journey as an active, proactive and responsible member of ASEAN has been truly remarkable and commendable", he noted. officially established diplomatic relations in 1973. After raising the bilateral ties to a Strategic Partnership in 2013, the relations between the two countries have grown in a deeper and more effective manner. This relationship is built on a very strong foundation of political coordination and strong political trust. The two countries' leaders have built trust and understanding particularly since the first high-level visit by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew to Viet Nam in 1992 and then Vietnamese Party General Secretary Do Muoi visited Singapore in 1993. These visits kicked off the development of our relationship, noted Singaporean Ambassador to Viet Nam Jaya Ratnam. ONLINE NEWSPAPER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Editor-in-chief: Nguyen Hong Sam License: No. 102/GP-BTTTT dated on April 15, 2024. Head office: No. 16, Le Hong Phong - Ba Dinh - Ha Noi Tel: 080 43162 – 080 48440; Fax: 080 48924 © Copyright Viet Nam Government News - Viet Nam Government Portal. All rights reserved.