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The 400-year-old city of Hoi An in central Vietnam has jumped four places to the 7th position on this year’s list of 10 cheapest destinations for the British.

The 400-year-old town Hoi An in central Vietnam has jumped four places to seventh position on this year’s list of 10 cheapest destinations for the Brits.

Indonesia’s Detik news outlet calls Da Nang, the largest and most modern city in central Vietnam, “Vietnam’s Bali” favoured by both local and foreign travellers.

Indonesia’s state electricity company PLN’s unit Pembangkitan Jawa Bali (PJB) will begin construction of the Cirata floating solar power plant at a cost of 129 million USD in West Java next year.

The Jakarta administration has issued a long awaited regulation banning such plastic bags from traditional and modern markets starting in June this year.

A court in Denpasar district, Bali province of Indonesia, on January 6 sentenced two Australian citizens to a total of 21 months in prison for drug possession.

Visitors are flocking to the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, to celebrate the New Year’s Eve, with arrivals up over 40 percent from the past days, according to the country’s local transport management agency (Dishub).

A Vietnamese delegation joined the Denpasar Festival 2019 on Bali tourist island of Indonesia on December 28-30 to promote Vietnam’s tourism, investment and trade.

Strategic trust and benefits are among factors behind the strong development of the relations between Vietnam and Indonesia, who share a lot of cultural and historical similarities, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang.

Vietnam ends 2019 as the Southeast Asian No 1 in football, following the December rankings released by FIFA on December 19.

The number of foreign tourist arrivals to Indonesia in 2019 may fall short of the government’s target of 18 million after attracting only 13.62 million in January - October.

Budget airline Vietjet will provide passengers with millions of promotional tickets priced only from zero VND between December 10 and 12 to celebrate its four international routes.

Hanoi and beach town Nha Trang have been listed among the best 10 cities to go for honeymoon in Asia by The Travel, a leading travel site of Canada.

The Indonesian government has established a new directorate to support the country’s start-ups, said Indonesian Research and Technology Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro.

Various activities are taking place in Indonesia to mark the 60th anniversary of late President Ho Chi Minh’s visit to Indonesia from February 27 to March 8, 1959, and the visit to Vietnam by Indonesian late President Sukarno from June 24 to 29 the same year.

Indonesia is facing threats of terror attacks which might be perpetrated by homegrown radical groups affiliated to Islamic State (IS) in regional elections in 2020, according to an Indonesian intelligence analyst.

Deputy Auditor General Vu Van Hoa led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the fifth ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions (ASEANSAI) Summit in Kuala Lumpur on November 6.

Hundreds of Indonesian junior high school students on November 5 participated in a tsunami evacuation drill on the resort island of Bali, aimed at raising public awareness to reduce disaster risk.

Secretary General of the Indonesian National Energy Committee Djoko Siswanto said the country is developing green fuel as an end-product of palm oil, to reduce the country's reliance on costly oil imports. ​

The number of foreign tourists to Indonesia reached only 1.4 million in September, down 10.10 percent from the previous month, according to Statistics Indonesia.