Indonesia, and Singapore—among other nations—might formalize and expand their military relations and increase their defense spending to hedge against China. The Philippines, Japan, Vietnam ...

Indonesia is the ninth country to be elevated to the highest level of relations with Vietnam and the first in Southeast Asia.

Over the past three years, the Vietnamese government has established Comprehensive Strategic Partnerships with nine nations.

Indonesia and Vietnam have claims to areas of the disputed South China Sea and boats from both nations have been involved in rare clashes. Jakarta summoned Vietnam's ambassador in 2019 after it ...

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 ...

JAKARTA: Indonesia and Vietnam agreed on Monday (Mar 10) to upgrade ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership as the Southeast Asian allies' leaders met in Jakarta to mark 70 years of ...