General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta.

In the capital city of Jakarta, Indonesia, after a solemn welcoming ceremony at the Merdeka Palace, General Secretary To Lam held talks with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. Based on the solid achievements, the two sides agreed to upgrade the Vietnam-Indonesia relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Vietnam is Indonesia's first Comprehensive Strategic Partner in ASEAN.

Based on the solid achievements, the two sides agreed to upgrade the Vietnam-Indonesia relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Vietnam is Indonesia's first Comprehensive Strategic Partner in ASEAN; affirming that this is a historic event, bringing Vietnam - Indonesia relations into a new era of deeper, more comprehensive and substantive cooperation, for the benefit of the people of the two countries as well as peace, development and prosperity of ASEAN and the world.

The two sides agreed to further promote defense - security cooperation, enhance information exchange, search and rescue, and increase experience sharing in preventing transnational crimes, especially online fraud, human trafficking, forced labor and terrorist threats.

General Secretary To Lam and President Prabowo Subianto agreed to expand and deepen economic cooperation; promote connectivity between the two economies in the spirit of mutually beneficial cooperation and development; remove difficulties and trade barriers, support businesses in implementing import and export activities, especially agriculture and fishery products, and strive to soon reach 18 billion USD in bilateral trade turnover in a balanced direction; promote agricultural cooperation and ensure food security; encourage and facilitate businesses of the two countries to invest in each other's markets, especially in new areas such as digital economy, green economy, energy transition, development of electric vehicle ecosystem, e-commerce, smart delivery, digital payment, design and software processing for manufacturing plants, building new technological solutions based on AI technology, halal products.

The two sides also agreed to promote cooperation in specialized fields, expand cooperation in science and technology, innovation, information technology, towards building digital partnerships, digital economy, strengthening cooperation in new areas such as green economy, digital economy, innovation, science and technology, digital transformation.

The two leaders agreed to promote people-to-people exchanges, especially among the young generation through cultural exchanges, sports, education and training, tourism, and aviation connections. The two leaders appreciated the two countries' regular coordination and mutual support at regional and international forums and organizations, especially at ASEAN, the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, etc. They affirmed their desire for the two countries to coordinate more closely within ASEAN, to jointly build a strong ASEAN, promote its central role, and strengthen solidarity within the bloc.