According to VNA, warmly welcoming President-elect Prabowo Subianto to visit Vietnam, the National Assembly Chairman stated: The visit demonstrates affection for the country and people of Vietnam, especially in the context that the two countries have just celebrated the 10th anniversary of establishing the Strategic Partnership, towards the 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations (1955-2025).
Emphasizing that Vietnam and Indonesia have similar histories, President-elect Prabowo Subianto believes that, on the existing foundation, the cooperative relationship between the two countries will increasingly develop in all fields, to achieve the best benefits for the people of each country.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man highly appreciated the results of the in-depth and substantive exchanges between General Secretary and President To Lam and President-elect Prabowo Subianto, which set out major orientations for the relationship between the two countries.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and President-elect Prabowo Subianto agreed that it is necessary to strengthen cooperation in the fields of defense and security, as well as in preventing, combating and handling transnational crimes to protect citizens and the territorial integrity of the two countries; and coordinate to prevent and combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The two leaders reaffirmed the importance of peace, stability, safety, security and freedom of navigation and aviation in the East Sea; maintained solidarity, common stance and ASEAN's achievements on the East Sea issue; promoted negotiations on a substantive and effective Code of Conduct (COC) in accordance with international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Appreciating the cooperation between the legislative bodies of the two countries in recent times, especially after the signing of the Cooperation Agreement between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the House of Representatives of Indonesia (August 2023), National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said that the two sides regularly exchange delegations, share experiences in legislative work, and create a legal corridor to promote cooperation in current global fields, especially green economy, circular economy, digital economy, energy transition, semiconductor industry, development of electric vehicle ecosystems and electric vehicle batteries.
The National Assembly Chairman hopes that President-elect Prabowo Subianto will support the legislative bodies of the two countries to strengthen cooperation in the direction of increasing the exchange of high-level delegations of the two countries' leaders; sharing experiences between the National Assembly's specialized Committees, friendship groups of parliamentarians, female parliamentarians and young parliamentarians, especially in building laws and institutions, for global issues such as: Digital transformation, green growth, energy transition, and response to climate change.
The two sides will coordinate to effectively monitor the Cooperation Agreements between the two countries; facilitate comprehensive bilateral cooperation, including economic, local, business connections, and people-to-people exchanges; and closely cooperate at multilateral parliamentary forums such as the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), and the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF).
