Tran Duc leaves for Brunei

Tue, 13 Nov 2001 | Source: AFP

JAKARTA: Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong left for Brunei on Monday after a two-day visit to Indonesia, an airport official said.

An Airbus carrying Luong and his retinue took off from the Halim Perdanakusuma air base in East Jakarta at 8:35 a.m., the official said.

During his visit Luong signed two agreements on economic and technical cooperation in an effort to strengthen ties and increase trade.

Indonesia and Vietnam also agreed soon to settle their differences over their continental shelf boundary in the South China Sea, where they have overlapping claims.

Luong is scheduled to leave Brunei for the Philippines on Nov. 14 before returning home on Nov. 16. --AFP

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