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The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council has urged Tan Binh district authorities to speed up the progress of flood-prevention projects inside Tan Son Nhat international airport to prepare for the coming rainy season. Tan Son Nhat international airport in HCM City after a downpour in 2016 (Photo: VNA) Speaking at a recent meeting with the district’s authorities, Pham Duc Hai, Vice Chairman of the HCM City People’s Council, said the progress of major anti-flooding projects inside the airport had been too slow and urged authorities to work with agencies to map out detailed plans. Hai, leader of an inspection team from the People’s Council, recently inspected canals and sewers at and near the airport. Key drainage systems operated by companies at the airport vary in design and lack connectivity, causing serious flooding in the airport, especially during rainy season, he said. Hua Quoc Hung, Vice Chairman of the Tan Binh District People’s Committee, said … [Read more...] about Tan Son Nhat airport at risk of flooding during rainy season

The business-class lounge covers a total area of 420 square metres and is able to accommodate approximately 100 passengers at one time. The Lotus lounge at Danang International Airport is the fifth facility among the airline’s Business Lounge system, which is operated by the Vietnam Airport Ground Services Company Limited. Along with Lotus lounges at Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi, and Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, the lounge in Danang will help to bolster the airline’s efforts to provide a quality service to customers in line with its four-star standards in the nation’s northern, central, and southern regions. The lounge has been designed in a luxuriously manner and is equipped with modern facilities which aim to serve members of the Golden Lotus Program and Business Class passengers of Vietnam Airlines and other airlines. Once in the Lotus lounge, passengers will be able to enjoy a wide range of services during their wait for flights … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines inaugurates four-star lounge at Danang airport

The Vietnamese aviation market is beset by the growing number of airlines and poor infrastructure Since the end of 2018, the Vietnamese aviation market welcomed new players including Bamboo Airways which officially took off in January 2019, Vietravel Airlines, Vinpearl Air, or Thien Minh Airlines, which is right now dealing with the licensing procedures, making the Vietnamese sky more crowded. However, the real growth of the aviation industry has been decelerating recently. According to data from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, in the first half of 2019, the whole aviation industry had 153,559 flights, a slight increase of 2.4 per cent on-year. Of this, domestic airlines transferred 20.2 million domestic passengers (up 12.5 per cent) and 18.3 million international passengers (up 6.2 per cent). However, these numbers mean the growth of the Vietnamese aviation market is slowing down, according to Phu Hung Security (PHS). The company also assumed that the … [Read more...] about Vietnamese aviation market under double pressure

     Passengers wait to board buses at a depot in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by Shutterstock/Phuong D. Nguyen.      Grab has begun testing the bus-booking feature for customers traveling between Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat airport and Vung Tau Town in southern Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province starting Monday, the company said in a release. The route is currently operated by local firm Avigo, Grab’s partner bus operator, which runs 24 trips a day. By the end of this year, Grab will test out one more route between District 7 and District 1 in HCMC, operated by local partner City View Bus at a frequency of 44 trips per day. Grab’s Bus feature will help customers find buses and routes that best suit their schedule, book tickets in advance, track the bus in real time and know when it is arriving. Customers will be able to make cashless payments through the Moca e-wallet function on the Grab app, with international debit card, or by QR … [Read more...] about Grab tests new bus booking service in Vietnam

A taxi driver in Ho Chi Minh City has been slapped with a fine and laid off from his job after he overcharged an Indian visitor while pretending to be an employee of a rival taxicab company last weekend. The Indian visitor, who landed at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on August 25, took a cab from the airdrome to a hotel on Nguyen Hue Street in District 1, about eight kilometers apart. The taxi driver, later identified as Nguyen Quoc Dat, charged the Indian visitor VND1.2 million (US$52) for the trip, which normally costs around VND150,000 ($6.45). Dat gave the Indian man a receipt bearing the logo of Mai Linh Corporation, a popular taxi firm in Ho Chi Minh City. A Mai Linh representative has confirmed the receipt is fake. Dat was in fact an employee of Saigontourist, a popular tour operator in Ho Chi Minh City which also invests in the taxicab business, a Tan Son Nhat airport management official told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Friday. The driver did not … [Read more...] about Saigon cabbie fined, sacked for ripping off Indian visitor while posing as rival company’s driver