A beautiful Vietnam Airlines flight attendant and voracious traditional art enthusiast has been keenly devoted to promoting Vietnam’s hallmark water puppetry at her restaurant in downtown Ho Chi Minh City which sells a rustic delicacy. Around 8pm every night, diners at Homemade Restaurant, located on Nguyen Van Trang street in District 1, eagerly take their young children upstairs for a free show in water puppetry. Water puppetry is a long-standing tradition of Vietnam, according to Wikipedia. Its shows are performed in a pool with wooden or lacquered puppets controlled by puppeteers, who are normally hidden behind a screen using large underwater rods to support the puppets. Thanks to this dexterous manipulation, the puppets look as if they were moving over the water. The restaurant specializes in delectable "bun dau" (rice noodle served with fried tofu cubes and shrimp paste), which is a Hanoi culinary delight. Hoang Huong Giang, the restaurant owner, was tired … [Read more...] about Flight attendant offers free water puppetry at Ho Chi Minh City eatery
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Vietnam Airlines attempts to bar striking local pilots from working for other carriers
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) has requested that aviation authorities block its Vietnamese pilots from working for other airlines after they showed signs of a collective slowdown to protest low salaries. VNA is also urging the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) and the Ministry of Transport to intervene in the hiring of other local carriers. The flag carrier said its pilots reported sick 117 times between December 30 and January 4. The phenomenon can be considered a collective slowdown, according to VNA’s Resolution No. 09 dating back to January 6, 2014 and signed by Pham Viet Thanh, chairman of its board of directors. The issue began in October 2014 with dozens of pilots under the 919 Flight Crew Division filing resignation letters. This disturbed VNA’s flight schedule, and even threatened flight safety, according to VNA reports sent to state agencies as well as the media. So the board members of VNA recommended that state agencies … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines attempts to bar striking local pilots from working for other carriers
How flight attendants are trained in Vietnam
A classy uniform, well made-up face, and bright smile are the assets of showy air hostesses in Vietnam, but not many people know they have to break a sweat to be able to present such a flashy image. Besides serving food to each passenger, an air hostess has to take care of passengers before themselves if a flight faces trouble. It is a well-paid but hard job. They have to pass tough training and examinations before they can receive a license to be a flight attendant. Inside the training center Last month, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper journalists visited a flight attendant training center on Hong Ha Street in Tan Binh District of Ho Chi Minh City to see how an air hostess is trained. Located on a large land plot, the training center has many classrooms decorated to simulate the passenger cabins of several different planes including the Airbus A330Y, Airbus A320, Boeing B777, ATR-72, and F70. The rooms are also used to practice rescue, fire fighting, and other emergencies. … [Read more...] about How flight attendants are trained in Vietnam
Behind the smiles of Vietnam’s flight attendants
A passenger took out his mobile phone and spoke sonorously, "Hey, I'm OK, I won't land at Noi Bai [an international airport in Hanoi] before 2:00 pm because I'm on a flight from Ho Chi Minh City, we're about 8-10km up." The male passenger in his 30s surprised the passengers around him who knew about the rule to turn off mobile phones during a flight. However, the air hostesses knew exactly what was going on. The guy just wanted to show off his expensive mobile phone, or it may have been his first time flying with national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and he was just pretending, for no mobile phone signals reach that altitude. This was a rare case that brought smiles to the air hostesses. Other incidents leave them in tears when they are out of sight of the passengers. Behind the smiles aboard Flights to and from Taiwan often carry many Vietnamese women who are going to marry Taiwanese men. They usually cause a lot of trouble aboard. "They change their child's diaper … [Read more...] about Behind the smiles of Vietnam’s flight attendants
Vietnam Airlines staff can only carry small bags to prevent smuggling
Rampant smuggling prompts the airline to issue a regulation that critics say will be ineffective and make scapegoats of honest flight crews Ngoc said she is well aware that some crew members have been able to earn a lot of money smuggling on international flights. "The salary the company pays is good enough for a living but some employees may have thought about earning more through smuggling," the Vietnam Airlines (VNA) stewardess told Vietweek, refusing to reveal her real name in fear of losing her job. "It depends on the willingness of each person to follow regulations." In an effort to cope with rampant smuggling by flight crews, the national carrier VNA has made a controversial move - banning them from carrying large suitcases. According to an instruction from the airline's general director Pham Ngoc Minh, flight crews on all short and middle-range flights are only allowed to bring small suitcases. Any handbags for coats have to be put inside the suitcase for scanning purposes, … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines staff can only carry small bags to prevent smuggling