Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Vice President Boediono is scheduled to open the 15th National Working Meeting of the Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association (HIPM) at the Vice Presidential Palace on Friday.

Based on information obtained from the Secretariat of the Vice Presidential Office, the Vice President will open the meeting in Main Building II of the vice presidential office in Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan.

HIPMI`s Chairman I for West Kalimantan Nugraha Henray Ekasaputra said in Pontianak earlier that the meeting would focus on the readiness of Indonesian young entrepreneurs in facing the ASEAN Economic Communty (AEC) in 2015.

The national working meeting will take place in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, on June 9 - 11, 2013.

"The Indonesian entrepreneurs will openly compete when the ASEAN Economic Community is already in place in 2015," he said.

He said that through the national meeting which was to be held for the first time in West Kalimanatan, HIPMI was expected to formulate smart solutions for all parties in the face of the AEC in 2015.

Nugraha said that the meeting would discuss the interest not only of HIPMI but also the national competitiveness in the economic sector.

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