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National carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) will operate two direct flights between Vietnam and the United States each week, with the first plane scheduled to take off on Sunday evening. Flight VN98 carrying 150 passengers will depart Ho Chi Minh City and head for San Francisco at 8:40 pm on Sunday. This will be the first time ever for a Vietnamese airline to operate a direct commercial flight between Vietnam and the U.S.. VNA previously received a foreign air operator certificate issued by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on November 16, which allowed the carrier to run regular direct flights to the States. In order to obtain the certificate, the airline had worked with nine U.S. agencies for about 15 months to complete the procedures, VNA's CEO Le Hong Ha told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper in an interview. The airline will run two direct flights between Vietnam and the U.S. each week, using the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, Ha continued. The flight from … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines to operate 2 direct flights between Vietnam and US each week: CEO

A doctor uses acupuncture to treat a Covid-19 patient Therefore, during the fourth Covid-19 epidemic in Ho Chi Minh City, the health sector in the southern metropolis has combined Eastern and Western medicine in treatment; subsequently, it has helped shorten treatment time for many Covid-19 patients. The Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Ethnic Medicine and Pharmacy which was assigned to provide professional support to the No. 3 Field Hospital and the No. 1 Covid-19 treatment field hospital in Phu Nhuan District has recently applied the combination of traditional medicine and modern medicine in the treatment of Covid-19 patients. According to Dr. Huynh Nguyen Loc, Director of the Institute of Ethnic Medicine and Pharmacy in the city, out of more than 2,000 patients who were undergoing treatment provided by institute doctors, 70 percent of them are asymptomatic and have mild symptoms. When there have been no clear treatment regimens, this institute has applied treatment with … [Read more...] about Western, traditional medicines combined in treating Covid patients

Demand for industrial, logistics estates at core of enquiries next year: Savills Demand for industrial and logistics estates in addition to ready-built factories and warehouses will continue to be the core of enquiries next year, according to an expert from property consultancy Savills Vietnam. “However, in terms of new trends, data centres and cold storage facilities are in demand and have gained traction in 2020 and 2021,” John Campbell, manager of Industrial Services at Savills Vietnam told the Vietnam Investment Review. “Next year, we expect this to continue, as Vietnam is now on the radar for hyperscale facilities.” Low-value industries are beginning to set up elsewhere in Southeast Asia as Vietnam no longer offers the same incentives, he said, adding that these industries such as textiles and furniture struggle to source affordable labour and land in Vietnam. However, foreign and high value-added investors remain bullish on Vietnam’s long-term growth, … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS NOVEMBER 23

Vietnam Airlines wide-body Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (Photo courtesy of Vietnam Airlines) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam Airlines, the country's national flag carrier, looks to dominate the Vietnam-US route as preparations have been completed for its first direct flight to the US, which is scheduled to take off on November 28, said General Director of Vietnam Airlines Le Hong Ha. The Vietnam-US route was among one of the most in-demand pre-pandemic. There were 24,000 Vietnamese university students and a 2.2 million strong Vietnamese community in the US in 2020. Two-way trade has been on the rise in recent years reaching 90 billion USD in 2020 and projected to hit over 100 billion USD this year, making the Southeast Asian economy one of the US’s top trading partners. As a result, the airline is confident demand will quickly recover once the pandemic is put under control and mobility restrictions relaxed, Ha said. Competition, however, is expected to be fierce as the … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines aims to win largest share on direct Vietnam-US route

Graffiti exhibition "Urban layers" uses augmented reality (AR) technology. (Photo: SGGP) Adopting many new technologies The Covid-19 pandemic is an external force promoting the digitization process in culture and art faster. Some fields, in which it seems that only the existence and physical exhibitions are suitable, such as sculpture or museums, in recent years, have also adopted technology to digitize strongly. Not only scan QR codes to look up information about artifacts, but some museums have also digitized databases to establish virtual museums or smart museum applications. Southern Women's Museum is the first museum in Ho Chi Minh City to use Hologram machines in the exhibition space. Via the Hologram machine combined with 360-degree interactive software and virtual reality (VR) technology, visitors can see artifacts on a 3D projection floating in the air. The Vietnam Fine Arts Museum has also researched and launched the iMuseum VFA application - a multimedia … [Read more...] about Culture, art strive to digitize