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Vietjet President & CEO Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao (left) received the “Asia Pacific low cost Airline of the year 2019” award, which was presented by CAPA Chairman Emeritus Peter Harbison. — Photo courtesy of Vietjet Vietjet has been recognised as Asia Pacific low cost airline of the year by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA). The CAPA awards aims to annually acknowledge the airline that has been the biggest standout strategically, established itself as a leader, and has been the biggest innovator, providing a benchmark for others to follow during the year in the regional aviation industry. The award honoured Vietjet for the airline's strong expansion of its international network. This is a highly attractive position given Viet Nam’s favourable economic prospects and fast-growing market. “Vietjet continues to break the mould for a traditional low cost airline,” said CAPA Chairman Emeritus Peter Harbison. “The company has a solid … [Read more...] about Vietjet named Asia Pacific’s low cost airline of the year 2019

ASOCIO is a prestigious IT award of Asia and Oceanian region. This year, CMC Corporation has been honored to win the "ASOCIO Outstanding ICT Company Award 2019”. Mr. Nguyen Trung Chinh, Chairman & CEO of CMC Corporation received the award of "ASOCIO Outstanding ICT Company 2019" ASOCIO 2019 (Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization) award was presented in the framework of the ASOCIO Digital Technology Summit 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 13th 2019, witnessed by delegates from 24 countries from Asian and Oceanian region. ASOCIO is a leading regional IT award organized by the Asia-Oceania Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO). In 2019, the ASOCIO award includes 4 categories: Digital Government, Outstanding ICT Company, Outstanding IT Application Organization and Outstanding IT Training Organization. Three representatives of Vietnam received ASOCIO this year are: Vietnam Airlines ("Outstanding IT Application Organization 2019"), CMC Corporation … [Read more...] about CMC Corporation wins ASOCIO Outstanding ICT Company Award 2019

PM Hun Sen speaks at the opening ceremony (Photo: VNA)   Phnom Penh (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh attended the opening of the Asia-Pacific Summit (APS) 2019 in Phnom Penh on November 19. Themed “Responding to the Current Key Challenges: Interdependence, National Reconciliation, Mutual Prosperity and Universal Values", the summit was presided over by Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, attracting about 2,000 delegates, including 800 from 48 countries. Speaking at the opening ceremony, PM Hun Sen highlighted the significance of the summit amid increasing security and economic tension in the world along with uncertainties over the past decade. He said trade tension among powers, the rise of extreme nationalism, geo-political issues, institutional disorder in the Middle East, the risk of natural disasters and climate change, along with persistent poverty and extreme terrorism are seriously hurting security, prosperity and trade … [Read more...] about Vietnam attends Asia-Pacific Summit 2019 in Cambodia

Vietnam's national football team (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam have jumped two steps to No 92 in FIFA's November world rankings. After a 1-0 win over the UAE in their 2022 World Cup qualification on November 14 in Hanoi, Vietnam reached their highest place of 94 in the last 20 years. Two days later, Congo and Cyprus, who ranked above Vietnam, both lost in their 2020 African Cup and 2020 Euro qualifiers, leading to their drops. Vietnam are No 12 in Asia and No 1 in Southeast Asia. The team will play against Thailand in their second leg of the World Cup’s second qualifiers at their home ground My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi on November 19 evening./. VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnam placed No 92 in FIFA’s November rankings

An overview of the panel discussion (Photo: VNA)   Economic ties between African and Middle Eastern countries and Southeast Asia in general, Vietnam in particular is still constrained, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh at the two-day conference ‘Meet Ambassadors from the Middle East and Africa 2019’ held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from September 9 to 10 in Hanoi. Addressing the panel discussions for boosting trade cooperation within the framework of the conference, Foreign Minister Minh said that despite 16 free trade agreements already being inked, Vietnam has had none with any countries within Africa and the Middle East. Potentials leaving untapped Africa and the Middle East together make up a vast area of 36 million sq.km, with a population of 1.8 billion. Many international experts held that Africa could be the growth momentum for the global economy. Vietnam has established diplomatic relations with 69/70 African and Middle … [Read more...] about Diplomats, firms discuss trade among Vietnam, Africa, Middle East