Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) on Sunday officially became the first-ever carrier to fly to and from Vietnam using the superjumbo Boeing B787 Dreamliner. Using Boeing 787 jets in Vietnam indicates that ANA considers the Southeast Asian country a potential and important market, according to a company representative. ANA is launching a special promotional program to celebrate the launch of the new aircraft, which offers discounted tickets for services from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to the Japanese cities of Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, and Fukuoka. Round trip tickets of economy class cost only VND10.6 million (US$500) each for flights from August 19 to September 30, while business class tickets fetch VND26.5 million ($1,250) each for flights from June 1 to 30. ANA, the top customer of Boeing B787 Dreamliner, inaugurated its Hanoi service on March 30, using Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. The Dreamliner is Boeing's most fuel-efficient airliner and the world's first major plane … [Read more...] about Japan’s ANA now flies B787 Dreamliner on Vietnam route
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3 Vietnamese injured as hina continues assaults on Vietnam ships
Three members of the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance Force were lightly wounded on Saturday after their ships were hit and sprayed with water cannons from Chinese vessels around Beijing's oil rig Haiyang Shiyou 981, illegally planted in Vietnam's waters in the East Vietnam Sea since early this month. >> 6 Vietnamese fisheries surveillance staff injured in confrontation with Chinese ships The attacks from the Chinese side also caused damage to the audio-visual equipment and antennae of eight Vietnamese ships tasked with requesting China to move their oil rig and escort vessels out of the Vietnamese waters. The latest figure brings the number of injured staff of the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance Force to 12. Before that, nine members of the force had been wounded during two separate attacks from the Chinese ships. According to the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance Force, China on May 24 dispatched 127 vessels, including one warship, to guard … [Read more...] about 3 Vietnamese injured as hina continues assaults on Vietnam ships
Chinese caught thieving on Vietnam Airlines flight, again
Ho Chi Minh City police on Tuesday imposed an administrative penalty on a Chinese man for stealing from another passenger on a Vietnam Airlines flight one day earlier, the latest in a dozen similar cases that have occurred recently. >> Chinese fined $71 for stealing on Vietnam Airlines flight >> Chinese man detained for stealing on flight While on Vietnam Airlines flight VN129 from Da Nang City to HCMC on May 12 evening, the 42-year-old man, He Qun Xian, was caught bringing the luggage of Ngo Van Ha, 46, another passenger from HCMC's Binh Thanh District, to the restroom to search for valuables. A passenger who detected He's act reported it to the crew, who then made a report about the Chinese passenger's theft and handed him over to police when the plane arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, located in Tan Binh District. The Chinese man later pleaded guilty of stealing, police said. Le Truong Giang, a Vietnam Airlines spokesman, said that the carrier … [Read more...] about Chinese caught thieving on Vietnam Airlines flight, again
Chinese fined $71 for stealing on Vietnam Airlines flight
A Chinese man who was caught red-handed stealing from a passenger on Wednesday aboard a Vietnam Airlines flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City has been fined VND1.5 million (US$71), Vietnamese police announced Thursday. Chinese nationals caught pick-pocketing on flight Wang Xin Gao, 41, was discovered committing the theft while on board Vietnam Airlines (VNA) flight number VN257. Wang stole a handbag from a passenger and rummaged it at the back of the plane. A female passenger, also a VNA flight attendant, taped his entire act with her camera before informing the flight crew. According to HCMC police, as the stolen handbag contained possessions worth under VND2 million (US$95), the minimum sum on which criminal penalty can be imposed on thieves, the man is punishable by a fine only. VNA and the Vietnamese aviation security force have identified Wang as a member of a 10-people group of foreigners, mostly Chinese nationals, … [Read more...] about Chinese fined $71 for stealing on Vietnam Airlines flight
Fall in arrival number casts doubt on Vietnam’s tourism appeal
It might be too soon to say that Vietnam has become less attractive to international holidaymakers, but the decrease in tourism arrivals in the first two months of this year is worth worrying about. The number of international tourists choosing to spend their holidays in Vietnam dropped 10.6 percent compared to the Jan-Feb period last year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism. The old, undiversified tourism products, a polluted environment, and insufficient support information for tourists should be to blame, industry insiders argue. Ngo Nguyen Thuy Oanh has nearly 20 years of experience in guiding tourists on river tours in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, and she can clearly feel the gloomy cloud hanging over the tourism industry there. "Japanese tourists are nowhere to be seen whereas Western visitors are even harder to find," Oanh said as she accompanied a group of vacationers on a boat to Thoi Son Isle, a popular attraction in the … [Read more...] about Fall in arrival number casts doubt on Vietnam’s tourism appeal