A new entertainment space has emerged as the top hangout for young people in Ho Chi Minh City, with shipping containers transformed into booths being one of the venue’s highlights. A new entertainment space has emerged as the top hangout for young people in Ho Chi Minh City, with shipping containers transformed into booths being one of the venue’s highlights. Young people from all over the city have begun gathering at Rubik Zoo in District 1 every evening for shopping, taking pictures, enjoying music, and other activities. Rubik Zoo sprawls over 5,000m² and houses 300 stands built from transformed shipping containers and tarpaulins. A snow foam-shooting system is one of the venue’s most popular features. It is a semi-eco project that houses a shopping area, a street food section, takeout cafés, an entertainment space, a photo shoot area, a studio, and an outdoor stage. The traditional Vietnamese and Korean foods sold throughout the venue are a top … [Read more...] about Shipping containers transformed into booths at Saigon entertainment space
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Shipping containers but no MH370 debris found in underwater hunt
Relatives of passengers from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 offer prayers at Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur, on March 1, 2015 The intensive underwater hunt for missing plane MH370 has so far turned up just a few shipping containers -- and no sign of the jet, the head of the Australian agency leading the search said on Tuesday. The plane vanished a year ago Sunday carrying 239 people en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and is believed to have gone down in one of the deepest and most remote areas of ocean far off the Western Australia coast. Chief commissioner of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) Martin Dolan said that while several manmade items -- mostly shipping containers -- have been detected during a sonar search, they had found nothing resembling debris from the Malaysia Airlines jet. Australian and Malaysian authorities have narrowed the search area to a vast 60,000 square kilometre (23,000 square mile) zone -- and they have so far scoured around … [Read more...] about Shipping containers but no MH370 debris found in underwater hunt
Vinashin to manufacture shipping containers
Vinashin to manufacture shipping containers (18-11-2005) HA NOI — The Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) recently began preliminary work on a project to build the nation's first shipping container plant, in response to increasing demand from both domestic and international shipping lines operating in Viet Nam. Director of the newly-founded Containers Vinashin Company Dao Van Binh said the company targets an annual domestic fleet capacity of 4.4 million tonnes by 2010. Vinashin would need to add an additional 40,000 TEU (twenty feet equivalent unit) containers to its inventory to ensure it could provide 25 per cent of the demand for shipping containers for imports and exports. According to Vinashin statistics, Viet Nam's requirement for shipping containers increased by between 50 and 60 per cent in the last few years, reflecting the need for the shipping industry to accommodate the nation's burgeoning export growth. Vinashin pens new ship deal The Viet … [Read more...] about Vinashin to manufacture shipping containers
Construction begins on shipping container plant
Construction begins on shipping container plant (15-12-2005) Chua Ve is one of the biggest container ports in the northern region. — VNA/VNS Photo Ha Thai HAI DUONG — The Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) yesterday began construction on a shipping container production plant in Lai Vu commune, Kim Thanh District, in the northern province of Hai Duong. The plant will be built, at an estimated cost of over US$22 million, by the Vinashin container subsidiary and a Taiwanese partner, Toong Goen. The plant, the first of its kind to be built in Viet Nam, will have a capacity of 30,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) per year to meet the increasing demand of both domestic and international fleets. According to the Vinashin container company's director, Dao Van Binh, the local demand for containers is likely to increase to around 100,000-135,000 TEU by 2010. The plant is scheduled to commence operations next year and will generate about 1,000 jobs for … [Read more...] about Construction begins on shipping container plant
Vietcombank to finance shipping container plant
Vietcombank to finance shipping container plant (10-05-2007) HA NOI — Vietcombank will provide financing to the tune of over US$16.5 million to construct a factory building large shipping containers, under an agreement signed yesterday with the Vinashin-TGC Container joint venture. The total budget of the project is around $22 million. Vietcombank will finance around 75 per cent of the total over an eight-year period, and the company will draw on its own capital sources for the remaining 25 per cent. "I think this deal is quite small compared to the capacity of Vietcombank," said bank chairman Nguyen Hoa Binh. "However, this contract is a good start and I hope Vinashin and Vietcombank will co-operate more in the future." This container factory, to be the first of its type in Viet Nam, will be located in the Hai Duong Shippbuilding Industry Zone. The Vinashin-TGC joint venture between the Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) and Taiwan-based Toong Goen Co targets to … [Read more...] about Vietcombank to finance shipping container plant