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PRESIDENT Joko Widodo (Jokowi) dances with Indonesian (RI) citizens and online motorcycle taxi (ojol) drivers when he arrives in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, for a working visit.
Based on a video watched on the YouTube account of the Presidential Secretariat in Jakarta, Thursday evening, it appears that the President was greeted by Indonesian citizens and Vietnamese motorbike taxi drivers wearing green jackets with Gojek written on them.
The Indonesian citizens and motorbike taxi drivers shouted slogans while dancing with their hands in poses as if they were riding a motorbike. The President’s smile brightened when he saw the warm welcome, then he swayed in the same style as the motorbike taxi drivers. The President’s hands seemed to be riding a motorbike and turning the gas on the motorbike.
As previously reported, after traveling for approximately three hours from Manila, Philippines, President Joko Widodo arrived in Vietnam, Thursday (01/11), 2024. The Indonesian Presidential Plane-1 carrying the President and the delegation landed at Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi, around 14.45 local time.
President Jokowi was welcomed by Head of the Presidential Office of Vietnam Le Khanh Hai, Ambassador of Vietnam to the Republic of Indonesia Ta Van Thong, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam To Anh Dung, Chairman of the Ha Noi People’s Committee Tran Sy Thanh, Director General of State Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Nguyen Viet Dung, Director General of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Office of the President of Vietnam Nguyen Vu Ha Le, Director of South Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Pham Hung Tam, Indonesian Ambassador to Viet Nam Denny Abdi, and Defense Attaché of the Republic of Indonesia in Hanoi, Col. Laut (F) Dian Tri Hutanto.
From the airport, President Jokowi went straight to the hotel where he spent the night in Hanoi. In Hanoi, President Jokowi is scheduled to meet a number of Vietnamese leaders, namely Vietnamese President Võ Văn Thưởng, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, and President of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vương Đình Huệ. [antaranews]
