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The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia to Vietnam provides assistance to nurses in two provinces, namely South Sumatra and South Sulawesi. The assistance was in the form of cash worth Rp. 53 million respectively. Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Vietnam, Ibnu Hadi, in a meeting via the zoom application, Saturday (06/13/2020) night said, this assistance was provided as a form of concern as well as the concern of Indonesian community living in Hanoi, Vietnam, towards the condition of the Indonesian citizens who are still struggling against Covid-19.

"We realize that we are part of Indonesia. Therefore, this assistance is a form of concern for the condition of our relatives in Indonesia," said Ibnu Hadi, who was also witnessed by company representatives and a number of Indonesian citizens in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Not only the Indonesian community, a number of companies operating in Vietnam also give assistance. According to Ibnu Hadi, this assistance started since last Eid ul Fitr celebration. At that time, the embassy received many proposals from Indonesian citizens in Hanoi who wanted to provide assistance to Indonesia. Then the Indonesian Embassy facilitated the proposal. The enthusiasm of the community to give help was very high. In fact, until now the embassy still extends the time to accommodate the Indonesian community who wants to give donations for COVID-19 handling in Indonesia. (VOI/Release Indonesian Embassy Hanoi/AHM)

Former Army Chief of Staff General (ret) Pramono Edhie Wibowo . ANTARA FOTO/Prasetyo Utomo/Arsip Foto/wsj.

Former Indonesian Army Chief of Staff General (ret) Pramono Edhie Wibowo who passed away at the age of 65 on Saturday evening would be buried at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in South Jakarta on Sunday, an Indonesian Army's spokesman said.

"The funeral will take place at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery on Sunday," the Indonesian Army spokesman, Brig.Gen. Nefra Firdaus, said in a press statement that ANTARA received in Jakarta.

Wibowo, the brother-in-law of former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, reportedly died of heart attack at the Cimacan Public Hospital in Cianjur District, West Java Province, on Saturday evening.

He is survived a wife, Kiki Gayatri, and two children, Ayu Ratna Pratiwi and Yusuf Putra Pramono.

According to Cianjur District Head Herman Suherman, before breathing his last, Pramono Edhie Wibowo had received a three-hour medical treatment at the hospital's intensive care unit.

Born in Magelang, Central Java Province, on May 5, 1955, Pramono Edhie Wibowo is the 27th army chief of staff. He held the prestigious position from June 30, 2011 to May 20, 2013.

Wibowo is the son of Lt.Gen.Sarwo Edhie Wibowo, commander of Indonesia's Special Army Forces (RPKAD, now Kopassus) who successfully crushed the Indonesian Communist Party's (PKI's) coup attempts in 1965.

In honoring the passing of this former army chief of staff and Kopassus commander, the Indonesian army across the country flies the nation's flag at half mast for seven days starting from Sunday.(ANTARA)

Jakarta (VOI News) -Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry (LHK), Alue Dohong virtually inaugurated and handed over the waste management facility to the Purwakarta Regional Government on Friday, June 12.

The waste processing facility officially handed over on Friday to Purwakarta Regency is one unit of the Main Trash Bank (BSI) and one unit Three Wheel Garbage Motorcycle.

Mr Dohong stated that with these facilities Purwakarta Regency is expected to manage the waste better.

“The inauguration of facilities in five regencies of the Citarum river basin area is one of a series of waste management program activities in the Citarum I hope that the Regional Government can utilize and maintain the available facilities as many as possible so that it can handle the problem of waste in the Citarum river basin area,” said Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry (LHK), Alue Dohong.

Moreover, Purwakarta regency is one of the 5 Regencies around the Citarum river basin area (DAS) which since 2019 has obtained support of the provision of waste management facilities from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) (VOI/NUKE/Trans:AF)

An official of the Dayun sub-district office, Riau Province, wears a distance-sensor device. (ANTARA/HO-Dayun subdistrict office/gtm)

Civil servants in Dayun Sub-district, Siak District, Riau Province, have begun wearing a distance-sensor device around their neck to maintain physical distancing at the workplace while lowering the risk of contracting novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The distance-sensor device was named "senjata," which translates to weapon in Indonesian, Novendra Kasmara, the Dayun chief, stated on Saturday.

"Despite its name, it is not a sharp and dangerous object. This device is designed to alert officials in office to maintain the requisite safe distance," he stated while adding that "senjata" is the abbreviation for "sensor jarak kita," or loosely translated as "sensors for (maintaining) our distance".

"Everyone in the sub-district office must wear this sensor device at the workplace. When we are less than a meter apart from the other person, it will emit a loud warning sound," he expounded.

The distance-sensor device is the latest innovation designed by the sub-district office ahead of the new normal, a term coined by the Indonesian government that urges the public to revert to productive and healthy routine activities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The sub-district chief noted that all village offices and communities were introduced to the new normal campaign. It is mandatory for all visiting the Dayun office to abide by the health protocols, including temperature checks and washing hands at the portable basin near the entrance.

"All visitors are required to wear face masks at all times. If they do not have one, we will provide the mask for them," he added.

Dayun, one of the province’s main palm oil producers, had reported a COVID-19 positive case, though the patient recovered from the disease.

In the meantime, four positive cases were reported in Siak District, though all the patients had recovered. (ANTARA)