Seven-gun salute welcomes General Secretary To Lam and his wife to Jakarta, Indonesia

According to the special correspondent of the Vietnam News Agency, at exactly 1:20 p.m. on March 9, the plane carrying General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam and his wife Ngo Phuong Ly and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived at Halim Perdanakusuma Military Airport, Jakarta, to begin a State visit to the Republic of Indonesia and an official visit to the ASEAN Secretariat from March 9-11.

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Photo caption — General Secretary To Lam and his wife arrive at Halim Perdanakusuma military airport, Jakarta. Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA

The visit took place at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Chairman of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) party Prabowo Subianto, and ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn.

Welcoming General Secretary To Lam and his wife along with the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation at Halim Perdanakusuma Military Airport, on the Indonesian side were: Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Indonesia to Vietnam Denny Abdi and many Indonesian officials. On the Vietnamese side were: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to Indonesia Ta Van Thong and his wife; Ambassador, Head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to ASEAN Ton Thi Ngoc Huong, along with a large number of officials from the Embassy and the Vietnamese Mission to ASEAN.

General Secretary To Lam and his wife stepped down from the plane onto the honor carpet, walked between two rows of honor guards, stopped before the two countries' national flags and bowed; shook hands with Indonesian officials and Vietnamese representatives who came to welcome them.

At Halim Perdanakusuma Military Airport, a 7-gun salute was fired - a solemn ceremony showing Indonesia's respect for the visit of the General Secretary and his wife and the high-ranking delegation of Vietnam. This is the first visit of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam to Indonesia in nearly 8 years (since August 2017) and is a historic visit, also the first time the General Secretary of Vietnam has visited the ASEAN Secretariat.

The visit took place on the occasion of Vietnam celebrating the 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations with Indonesia, the first country in Southeast Asia to establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam in 1955. After 70 years, especially after the establishment of the Strategic Partnership (in 2013), cooperation between the two countries has become more comprehensive and extensive; delegation exchanges and high-level contacts have taken place regularly both bilaterally and in multilateral forums.

The visit also coincided with the 30th anniversary of Vietnam joining ASEAN, a historic milestone in the process of regional and international integration. Vietnam’s contributions are closely linked to ASEAN’s significant developments, helping to strengthen the ASEAN Community of solidarity, self-reliance and openness.

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