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Retail Asia08/03/2017

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), during a closed-door meeting on Monday, emphasized the need for improving transportation services between the islands of Sumatra and Java by operating better ferries. “We are concerned about the operation of the toll road from Lampung Province to Palembang, which leads to vehicle queues in Merak-Bakauheni crossing lane,” the Lampung Governor […]

Retail Asia18/11/2016

Tesso Nilo National Park, Riau Province, Indonesia. This patch of forest is supposed to provide a habitat for tigers and elephants, but is constantly under threat of fire, illegal logging and encroachment. Image: The first containers of plywood certified as legal under the EU’s anti-illegal-logging action plan were shipped out of the Indonesian capital on […]

Retail Asia16/05/2016

North Sumatras exports of natural rubber has continued to shrink, down 8.23 percent in volume to 137,826 tons in the first four months of the year from 150,194 tons in the same period in 2015. “The decline in exports was on weak demand and as a result of an agreement by worlds largest producers to […]

Retail Asia13/04/2016

The Indonesia Ministry of Tourism will develop Halal tourism in West Sumatra, a province that has a potential for such a concept just as West Nusa Tenggara province, known for similar tourism. “West Sumatra has a potential for Halal tourism development as culturally, it is known as a religious province,” the Deputy Assistant of Business […]

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President Jokowi calls for better transportation between Sumatra and Java

Indonesia ships first containers of timber under EU legality scheme

Demand for North Sumatra`s rubber shrinking

Halal tourism in West Sumatra