Vice President Working Visit To Lake Toba

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin leaves for North Sumatra/PHOTO VIA BETWEEN

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin paid a working visit to Lake Toba, Parapat Village, Girsang Sipangan Bolon District, Simalungun Regency, North Sumatra.

The Vice President and a limited entourage departed from the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force (AU) Air Base, Jakarta, Thursday, December 9, at 13.00 WIB using a Boeing 737-400 TNI AU Presidential Aircraft.

The vice president is scheduled to land at Silangit Airport at 15.10 WIB and be greeted by the Governor of North Sumatra, Edy Rahmayadi, the Commander of the Bukit Barisan Military Regional Command I, Major General TNI Hassanudin, and the Head of the North Sumatra Police Inspector, General Panca Putra Simanjuntak.

The next agenda, as quoted by Antara, Friday, December 10, the Vice President inaugurated the 2021 Indonesian Spices Business Forum and Expo (ISBFE) which was held at the Niagara Parapat Hotel, Simalungun.

ISBFE 2021 is an event initiated by the Indonesian Spice Council as momentum to restore the glory of the archipelago's spices in the past. ISBFE is a means of direct communication between farmers, entrepreneurs, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and spice processors.

In the ISBFE business forum, it is hoped that Indonesian spices will become commodities that can improve the national economy through the international spice trade.