Indonesia: hundreds gather to clean up beach
Hundreds of Indonesians came together to clean up a beach in Indonesia on February 21, contributing to raising public awareness of marine waste in the country.
Hundreds of Indonesians came together to clean up a beach in Indonesia on February 21, contributing to raising public awareness of marine waste in the country.
Indonesian Ambassador to Vietnam Ibnu Hadi and Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) of the Vietnam National University-Hanoi Pham Quang Minh on February 15 signed a Memorandum of Understanding on teaching the Indonesian language at the USSH.
Indonesia is optimistic that it will be able to attract more investment this year although legislative and presidential elections will take place simultaneously in April 2019.
The Indonesian government has paid attention to improving the human resources’ quality to fit requirements of the Forth Industrial Revolution.
Ten more tsunami warning stations will be installed in the western and eastern coastal areas of Indonesia’s Bali resort island.
Indonesia probably enjoyed an economic growth rate of 5.15 percent last year, the fastest pace since 2013 and higher than the 5.07-percent rate in 2017, a recent poll forecasts.
Indonesia has been striving to bring its poverty rate down to 9 percent by the end of this year, according to the country’s Development Planning Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro.
The Indonesian Government plans to create eco-friendly cities across the country on an ongoing basis by striving to implement better waste management practices.
There are two key components needed to rid the oceans of plastic, a senior professor has warned.
Indonesia recorded a trade deficit of 8.57 billion USD in 2018, the highest-ever level, according the country’s Central Statistics Agency (BPS).
The Indonesian government plans to continue building dams to irrigate paddy fields as existing facilities can irrigate only 11 percent, or 780,000 ha, of paddy fields, according to a recent broadcast.
Indonesia has found the missing cockpit voice recorder from a Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in late October, killing all 189 people on board.
Indonesia’s state budget for 2019 will focus on maintaining the momentum of prosperity of the people, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani said.
The Indonesian Government is speeding up construction on temporary houses for victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Vice President Jusuf Kalla has stated.
The Indonesian Government will double its disaster response budget to 15 trillion rupiah (1.06 billion USD) in 2019 after a series of major natural disasters devastated three regions of the vast archipelago last year.
New Zealand Deputy Prime and Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced that his country contributed 1 million USD to the International Federation of the Red Cross Emergency Appeal to help Indonesia’s recovery efforts following the recent devastating tsunami.
The Indonesian Government is preparing for the launch of three special economic zones in 2019, according to Antara News.
Indonesia should shift to using renewable energy in the context that the country’s oil and gas industry is facing difficulties, according to The ASEAN Post.