PM discusses trade facilitation with Indonesia’s business leader
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) Rosan Perkasa Roeslani on October 12 during his stay in Indonesia for the ASEAN Leaders’ Gathering and a working visit.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) Rosan Perkasa Roeslani (Photo: VNA)
Bali (VNA) – Prime MinisterNguyen Xuan Phuc met with Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce andIndustry (KADIN) Rosan Perkasa Roeslani on October 12 during his stay inIndonesia for the ASEAN Leaders’ Gathering and a working visit.
The PM took note of the encouragingdevelopment of Vietnam-Indonesia ties over the past time, with bilateral tradevalue reaching 6.5 billion USD in 2017. Indonesia has more than 70 investment projectsin Vietnam worth more than 500 million USD.
However, the VietnameseGovernment leader said the current trade and investment partnership is stillmodest compared to potential.
According to him, given itsimportant role in promoting overall economic cooperation and supportingconnections between businesses, the KADIN should work closely with itsVietnamese counterpart to push business links between the two countries.
He suggested that the KADINrecommended to the Indonesian Government measures to further facilitate importsfrom Vietnam, and improve coordination in verifying documents on origin, qualitycontrol and quarantine of agricultural and fishery products.
PM Phuc also called for moredirect flights between tourist destinations of the two countries, noting thatgiven the large populations of both countries, when only 0.5 percent of thepopulation in one country travel to the other it would still be a significant number.
He asked the KADIN chairman to organizethematic conferences on tourism promotion, affirming that Vietnamese relevantagencies are ready to help with the work.
Rosan Perkasa Roeslani sharedthe Vietnamese PM’s view that there is room for bilateral trade and investmentto expand. He said Vietnam has been successful in opening its market andattracting foreign investment, which he said can be useful experience forIndonesia.
He added that based on his owninvestment in Vietnam in tourism and hotel business, he wants to promote cooperationbetween Indonesia and Vietnam in this field.-VNA
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) Rosan Perkasa Roeslani (Photo: VNA) 
