The Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, celebrated this Saturday in Vietnam the plans of the Vietnamese manufacturer VinFast to invest 1,200 million dollars (1,094 million euros) to manufacture electric vehicles in Indonesia.
Widodo, who arrived on Wednesday on an official visit to Vietnammet today with VinFast President Pham Nat Vuong at the company’s offices in the city of Hai Phong, located about 120 kilometers east of Hanoi.
The president, who visited the VinFast factory, indicated that the Vietnamese manufacturer will help galvanize the electric vehicles in Indonesia.
Manufacturers such as the Chinese brand BYD and the South Korean Hyundai will begin manufacturing electric vehicles in Indonesia this year, which aims to produce around 600,000 by 2030.
Indonesia It also aspires to become a manufacturing center for electric batteries thanks to its vast deposits of nickel, a key mineral in the sector of which the country is the world’s largest producer.
During his visit to Vietnam, Widodo met with his Vietnamese counterpart, Vo Van Thuong, and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, with whom he discussed economic and security issues, including sovereign tensions in the South China Sea. .
Source: Gestion
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