Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese andIndonesian armies and navies are expected to continue enhancing cooperationbased on the strategic partnership between the two countries.
Colonel Nguyen Duc Nam, Vice Director of theVietnam Naval Academy, voiced the hope at a meeting with Deputy Governor of Jakarta SutantoSoehodho on May 2 as part of his visit to Indonesia from May 1-4.
Soehodho said Jakarta and some major cities inVietnam share similarities, which enables the two sides to cooperate and shareexperience for mutual development.
Thesame day, Nam led the Vietnamese naval delegation to visit Fleet 1 of the Indonesian Navy.
Thetwo sides agreed that relations between the Vietnamese and Indonesian armiesand navies have developed in recent times.
Theyexpected to have more effective cooperation activities in the near future,especially in information exchanges.
TheVietnamese naval delegation later paid a courtesy visit to authorities in northJakarta.
Earlieron May 1, the Indonesia Navy held a ceremony to welcome the Vietnamese shipcoded HQ-286 named Le Quy Don at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta.-VNA