Jokowi Meets Vietnam PM; Discussing Electric Car Cooperation

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met with Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinch in Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Monday, September 4, 2023. The information was relayed by Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi who was also present at the meeting.

Aside from Minister Retno, Jokowi was also flanked by the Coordinating Minister of Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD, Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo, and the Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung at the meeting.

"Both leaders welcomed the development of electric vehicles ecosystem by the private sector and pushed for SOE cooperation between both countries," she said in the statement released by the Presidential Secretariat Press, Media, and Information Bureau as quoted by Antara.

Indonesia and Vietnam are both well-known ASEAN countries with production bases for electric vehicles. Vietnam's electric car is branded as VinFast.

Citing Reuters, VinFast debuted its shares on Wall Street in August 2023 and has risen continuously. VinFast ranked third as the most valuable car in the world right after Tesla and Toyota.

Jokowi's meeting with PM Pham creates the opportunity for Indonesia to cooperate with VinFast. In addition, Indonesian Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan has received a visit from high-ranked officials of VinFast.

"Through this cooperation, the domestic industry will grow, and a sharp rise in electric vehicle export is guaranteed," he said. "This is an implementation of a concrete cooperation, whether within the ASEAN framework of Indoneisa-Vietnam bilateral framework."

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