For the next month, Indonesia will be hosting Asia’s biggest sporting event, the 2018 Asian Games. The multi-sport event is scheduled to be held from 18 August to 2 September. This is the first time the Asian games will be hosted in two cities, Jakarta and Palembang. This is also Indonesia’s first time hosting the games since 1962.

Indonesia has set aside worries about terrorism, street crime and Jakarta's notorious traffic, saying it is ready to roll for the Asian Games in a week's time.Jakarta and Palembang in Sumatra are set to host about 11,000 athletes and 5,000 officials from 45 Asian countries for the 18 August to 2 September Games, the world's biggest multi-sport event behind the Olympics.Indonesia started with less time than most host countries after it agreed to hold the Games when Vietnam pulle

With the Asian Games fast approaching, scheduled to be held from 18 August to 2 September 2018, officials in the Indonesian capital where the games are going to be hosted are scrambling in an all-out effort to prepare the host cities. Sporting venues in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta, Palembang, Bandung, Bogor, Bekasi and Subang are receiving their final touches, concrete river banks are being painted, building works are nearing completion and traffic congestion is being addressed.

Asian Games venues will be ready before Indonesia hosts the showpiece event in a month, organisers say, but the threat of terror attacks and endless traffic jams still looms over the regional Olympics.

This August, Indonesia is set to host Asia’s biggest sporting event, the Asian Games. The multi-sport event is scheduled to be held from 18 August to 2 September, 2018. This will be the first time the Asian games will be hosted in two cities, Jakarta and Palembang. This is also Indonesia’s first time hosting the games since 1962.