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Under the plan, some 2,500-3,000 passengers will be flown to Vietnam on regular international flights every week, aside from 1,000-1,500 Vietnamese citizens returning home on repatriation flights and foreign experts arriving in Vietnam for work via charter flights. … [Read more...] about Commercial int’l flights expected to resume in August

A still image of the alligator taken from a video clip provided by the Ward 3 authorities – PHOTO: COURTESY OF WARD 3 AUTHORITIES HCMC – Video clips of an 80-centimeter-long alligator have gone viral on social media, receiving many shares and comments, after it was spotted swimming in the Te Canal by local residents in Ward 3, District 4, HCMC, on July 14. … [Read more...] about Locals spot alligator in HCMC canal

“When the stock exchange started its operations, we did not imagine there would be an enterprise with a market capitalization of a billion dollars listing on HOSE, but to date, over 20 firms have had a capitalization of over US$1 billion each,” said Tran Van Dung, chairman of the State Securities Commission. … [Read more...] about Over 20 firms have market cap of over US$1 billion each

Earlier, Novaland had signed strategic agreements with Accor to manage a series of Novotel, Mövenpick, MGallery and Mercure hotels with a scale of 1,500 rooms at Novaland’s tourism property complexes in Binh Thuan and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces and HCMC. … [Read more...] about Novaland, Accor enter partnership for Novotel hotel network

Location of the earthquake (red star) – PHOTO: COURTESY OF CENTER FOR EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION AND TSUNAMI WARNING HCMC - An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale struck offshore Binh Thuan Province at 6:32 a.m. today, July 15, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. … [Read more...] about Four-magnitude earthquake felt off Binh Thuan coast