Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man (R) and Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian Regional Representative Council Mahyudin. Photo: Lam Hien

Vietnam values and wants to elevate the Vietnam-Indonesia strategic partnership to a new height, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man told Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian Regional Representative Council (upper house) Mahyudin at a reception in Hanoi on Wednesday.

The two countries have also closely coordinated and supported each other at international and regional forums, especially within the framework of the ASEAN, AIPA and the UN, Man said.

He proposed that the two sides coordinate in carrying out the agreement on economic cooperation to bring bilateral trade turnover to 18 billion USD by 2028.

The two sides should expedite the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on fishery cooperation signed in January this year to strengthen cooperation in the field of fishery, develop sustainable fishery and aquaculture, and prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, he said.

The Vietnamese top legislator said he hoped that the two sides will further increase high- and all-level exchanges and meetings, and share experiences between the two legislative bodies, especially between their specialized committees, parliamentary friendship groups, and female and young parliamentarians.

Mahyudin expressed his expectations for closer relationship between the two parliaments. Concurring with Chairman Man’s view on bringing the bilateral trade turnover to 18 billion USD by 2028, he said that the two sides need to concretize goals to enhance competitiveness in the region, including the fields of digital economy and renewable energy, and create conditions and legal corridors for businesses of the two countries to thrive.