Vietnam's Party leader to visit Indonesia, Singapore

By VNA, VnExpress March 6, 2025 | 08:52 pm PT

Vietnam's Party General Secretary To Lam at a meeting of the National Assembly in Hanoi, Feb. 15, 2025. Photo by VnExpress/Pham Thang

Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse will pay a state visit to Indonesia, an official visit to the ASEAN Secretariat based in the country, and an official visit to Singapore from March 9-13.

The trip will be made at the invitations of President of Indonesia and President of the Great Indonesia Movement Party Prabowo Subianto, ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn, and Prime Minister of Singapore and Secretary-General of its People's Action Party (PAP) Lawrence Wong, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Indonesia is Vietnam's second-largest trading partner in ASEAN, with bilateral trade reaching $16.7 billion in 2024, a 21.6% increase from 2023. The two countries aim to raise this figure to $18 billion by 2028.

Indonesia was among the first countries in the region to establish security and defense ties with Vietnam, opening a military attaché office in 1964. The two nations regularly exchange defense and security delegations, sign bilateral defense agreements, and actively participate in ASEAN security initiatives.

The Vietnam-Singapore Strategic Partnership continues to strengthen. Most recently, General Secretary To Lam held a phone call with Singaporean Prime Minister and PAP Secretary-General Lawrence Wong.

Singapore is Vietnam's fourth-largest trading partner in ASEAN and its 14th-largest globally. In 2024, bilateral trade reached $10.3 billion, a 14.7% increase from 2023, marking a strong growth rate compared to other regional partners. Singapore is also the largest ASEAN investor in Vietnam and the second-largest overall among 147 countries and territories. It currently has 3,915 projects with a total registered capital exceeding $83 billion in Vietnam.