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Nestlé Viet Nam presents 10,000 unbaked bricks to Nguyễn Huệ Primary School in Dong Nai for building a dining room for more than 10,000 pupils at the school. — VNS Photo Nestlé Vietnam on Thursday handed over 10,000 unbaked bricks made from steam boiler waste sand during the process of producing instant coffee at its Tri An factory for building a dining room for more than 1,000 students at the Nguyen Hue Primary School in Dong Nai Province. This was in response to the "Make the world cleaner in 2018" campaign launched by the Viet Nam Environment Administration, and sought to raise awareness of environmental protection among school children. Nguyen Thanh Cong of the Dong Nai Province Department of Natural Resources and Environment hailed the efforts made by the company for environmental protection. Nestlé began collecting the sand generated during coffee production process in 2014. By the end of the third quarter of this year more than 2 million tonnes … [Read more...] about Nestlé makes bricks from waste, uses for building school facility

The cabin crew of a Vietjet plane. — VNS Photo Vietjet on Wednesday started selling tickets for flights during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) in 2019. Vietjet will also launch new routes while increasing flights on operating ones to serve the growth of traveling demands during the Tet holiday, the airline said in a statement. On the same day, the airline launched three promotional golden days between now and Friday with 2.6 million tickets priced from zero dong on its official website www.vietjetair.com. These discounted tickets, which are available from noon to 2pm, will apply for all domestic and international routes of Vietjet and Thai Vietjet – a joint venture between Vietjet and Thai airline Kan Air. The airline said the flight period for Vietnamese and Thai domestic routes is from October 15, 2018 to March 30, 2019 while the flight period for international routes is from October 15, 2018 to June 30, 2019. Notably, the flight time for the Ha Noi – Osaka … [Read more...] about Vietjet sells tickets for Tet 2019

Customers experience Cuckoo products at the launching ceremony. — VNS Photo Minh Thu Cuckoo Electronics officially entered the Vietnamese market on Wednesday in Ha Noi and released two products designed for Vietnamese people. This brand first appeared in Viet Nam in 2001 through clients and retailers. Realising the huge potential of the Vietnamese market, the group officially launched Cuckoo Viet Nam to boost its business in Ha Noi and HCM City. Park Mun-chul, representative of Cuckoo Group, said beside electric rice cookers and multifunctional electric pressure cookers, the company will introduce water purifiers and humidifiers in Viet Nam. By establishing the branch in Viet Nam, the group expected to be a popular brand for all Vietnamese families, he said. “To meet the demand of Vietnamese customers, we design two products in Vietnamese language with suitable function for Vietnamese people’s lifestyle and cooking habit,” he said. Cuckoo has 73 per cent of the … [Read more...] about Cuckoo taps Vietnamese market

Passengers will be able to buy tickets on Vietnam Airlines’ Da Nang - Osaka route from VND5.89 million (US$294), with flight times between October 28, 2018 and December 31, 2018. — Photo courtesy of VNA The national carrier Vietnam Airlines will officially open a new route between the central city of Da Nang and Osaka, Japan from October 28. The new route will include seven flights a week on the Airbus A321. The flights will depart from Da Nang at 00:20 and from Osaka at 09:30. The flight duration is about four and a half hours. This is the 11th route by the carrier to Japan, after those linking major cities in Viet Nam including Ha Noi, HCM City and Da Nang with Japan’s big cities such as Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka. The carrier is also launching a promotional programme from now until September 30. Passengers will have the chance to buy tickets on the Da Nang - Osaka route from VND5.89 million (US$294), with flight times from October 28, 2018 to December 31, … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines opens Da Nang – Osaka route

Duty free Lotushop to open on Vietnam Airlines flights in October. — Photo VNA The national carrier Vietnam Airlines will co-operate with Hong Kong’s King Power Traveler to launch a duty-free shop named Lotushop starting in October this year. The carrier said the co-operation would last five years, aiming to expand and improve the Lotushop’s quality service to four-star standard under Skytrax, the world airline and airport rating organization. It will offer a wide range of products such as perfume, cosmetics, watches, bags and suitcases so that passengers can shop on 30 international routes of Vietnam Airlines including South Korea, Japan, China, Britain, France, Russia and Germany. Passengers are expected to experience convenient shopping with prices 15 per cent lower than downtown stores. King Power Traveler specialists and banks have trained flight attendants on sales skills, product knowledge and use of information technology equipment to support sales and … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines and King Power Traveler team up to open duty free Lotushop