Vietnam's private low-cost carrier VietJetAir has launched a second route with two new daily flights linking Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang, the largest city in central Vietnam. Special low fares, starting at VND299,000 (US$14), were offered to the first ten customers. Also on April 27, the carrier increased its flight frequency between HCMC-Hanoi to eight per day. It will launch a Hanoi - Nha Trang route on May 19. … [Read more...] about VietJetAir begins Ho Chi Minh City-Da Nang service
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Ho Chi Minh City ranked among top 5 real estate markets in Asia-Pacific
Investors expect annual returns of 20-25 percent, the new Emerging Trends report says. Ho Chi Minh City is in the top five of the Asia-Pacific region for real estate investment and development prospects, with annual returns expected to be up to 25 percent, according to a new report. Emerging Trends in Real Estate Asia Pacific 2016, jointly published by the Urban Land Institute and consulting firm PwC, has ranked the city fifth for investment and fourth for development. Tokyo is at the top, followed by Sydney and Melbourne. Osaka and Ho Chi Minh City are neck and neck. The Vietnamese city has emerged as one of the most promising markets in the region over the past two years, jumping from the 19th place in 2014 to one of the top five this year. Foreign investors, mainly from Japan, South Korea and Singapore, are interested in the city's property market on expectations of an annual return of between 20 and 25 percent, according to the report. The report also attributes the … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City ranked among top 5 real estate markets in Asia-Pacific
Jetstar Pacific opens Thanh Hoa-Ho Chi Minh City route
Jetstar Pacific on September 5 officially opened a new domestic route connecting Thanh Hoa with Ho Chi Minh City. The new route will operate daily - with one return flight using an Airbus A320 aircraft - and offer 180 economy class seats on each flight. The first flight departing from Ho Chi Minh City landed at Tho Xuan airport in Thanh Hoa at 12:45am on September 5 at full capacity while the return flight was filled to 95% capacity. The flight on the Thanh Hoa-Ho Chi Minh City route departs from Ho Chi Minh City at 10:00am and from Thanh Hoa at 12:45am. Jetstar Pacific, Vietnam's first budget airline, offers domestic routes to nine major cities: Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Nang, Vinh, Hai Phong, Hue, Buon Ma Thuat, Nha Trang and Phu Quoc. The airline plans to open new international routes linking Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore and Bangkok in late 2014. … [Read more...] about Jetstar Pacific opens Thanh Hoa-Ho Chi Minh City route
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau leaves Ho Chi Minh City for Da Nang city
On November 9, he had a meeting with Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong, during which Trudeau stressed that Ho Chi Minh City and Canada boast a lot of potential to step up cooperation in trade and business.The PM said he was impressed by strong and dynamic development of the Vietnamese Southern metropolis, especially in trade and investment activities.On the basis of the newly-established comprehensive partnership between Canada and Vietnam, Canadian and Vietnamese localities, particularly Ho Chi Minh City, have many opportunities to enhance collaboration in trade, investment, education and people-to-people exchange, bringing pragmatic interests to people of the two countries, for peace and development of the region and the world.For his part, Phong noted with pleasure active developments in relations between Vietnam and Canada over the past time, especially cooperation in trade, investment and education.Vietnamese people always keep in mind … [Read more...] about Canadian PM Justin Trudeau leaves Ho Chi Minh City for Da Nang city
First Private University in Ho Chi Minh City to be Established
Particularly, the FPT University, a branch of FPT Telecom will cooperate with information technology (IT) businesses in training activities to provide high quality IT human resources for FPT Telecom and other domestic software companies. "Our teaching program is based on the syllabus structured by the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET). However, some practical topics, such as foreign languages and team-working skills, would be added to meet the increasing labor demand of IT enterprises." said Mr. Le Thanh Tung, would-be rector of the FPT University. The ISO 9001 standard university is based on multi-modal model, including theory, practice, practical projects and development of personality and social relations. In addition, modern training methods such as CBT - Computer Based Training, WBT - Web Based Training and VBT - Video Based Training will be applied in teaching. The FPT University plans to enroll learners for the faculties of computing sciences, computing techniques, … [Read more...] about First Private University in Ho Chi Minh City to be Established