Vietnamese PM arrives in Indonesia for Asean Leader's meet; govt confirms 10 Covid-19 cases on Friday (April 23)

In this photo released by the Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, left, talk through a plexiglass barrier installed as an attempt to help curb the spread of coronavirus outbreak, during their meeting at Bogor Palace in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Friday, April 23, 2021. Pham met Joko on the sideline of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations special summit to discuss Myanmar which will be held on Saturday. - AP

JAKARTA, April 23 (Bernama): Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived at Jakarta capital of Indonesia at Friday’s midday to attend the Asean Leaders’ Meeting at the invitation of the Chair of Asean in 2021, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei.

Those welcoming the delegation at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta included representatives of the Indonesia Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Vietnamese ambassador to Indonesia, the ambassador and permanent representative of Vietnam to Asean, staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia.