(VOVworld) – Vietnam shared with Indonesia its experience in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) at a seminar held in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Ambassador Nguyen Nguyet Nga addresses the seminar. (Photo: VNA)

According to seminar speaker Nguyen Nguyet Nga, ambassador and senior advisor to APEC Vietnam 2017, Indonesia is facing challenges similar to those faced by Vietnam before joining TPP and negotiating new-generation free trade agreements for 2008-2012. Nga used to serve as deputy head of the government negotiation delegation for economic and international trade affairs and as deputy head of the Foreign Ministry’s Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation. She cited Vietnam’s lesson that each country needs to address its internal economic challenges for sustainable growth. Nga said that as one of the twenty leading economies in the world (the G20), a founder of APEC, and a key to ASEAN connectivity, Indonesia should firmly believe in its stature to benefit from TPP.