Jakarta, Dec. 29 -- Vietnam-Indonesia relations are entering a new phase after 70 years of development on a foundation of close historical ties (December 30, 1955 - 2025), with plenty of room for further development, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Ta Van Thong. In an interview granted to a Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s correspondent in Jakarta, the diplomat noted that Indonesia was the first Southeast Asian country with which Vietnam officially established diplomatic relations. The traditional friendship, nurtured early on by President Ho Chi Minh and President Sukarno and carefully cultivated by successive generations of leaders and people of both countries, has made remarkable progress across politics, economy, defence an...