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The aim of the Ho CHi Minh City Economic Forum was to whip up capital support for the construction of a plan to develop Ho Chi Minh City into a global financial centre. This plan was assigned by Ho Chi Minh City Finance and Investment State-owned Company and Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management (Fulbright). Talking at the opening of the forum, Ho Chi Minh City Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong expected that the plan to develop Ho Chi Minh City into a global financial centre will become a key national project. “Becoming a global and regional financial centre is key to bringing Ho Chi Minh City to a new level of economic and social development,” Phong said. According to Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, currently being the biggest financial hub of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City has high potential to become a global financial centre. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam talking at the forum Looking back at the past 30 yers of renovation, Dam said Vietnam has maintained a … [Read more...] about Building Ho Chi Minh City into a global financial centre

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)   Hanoi (VNA) – The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will launch direct air routes linking Ho Chi Minh City with Indonesia’s Bali and Thailand’s Phuket on October 27. Accordingly, the carrier will run seven Ho Chi Minh City – Bali flights per week. However, there will be only five flights per week from October 27 to late March 2020 due to limited services in Denpasar airport, Bali. Flights will depart from Ho Chi Minh City at 11:10am and Bali at 4:50pm every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. It will be the second route to Indonesia following the Ho Chi Minh City – Jakarta route that the carrier launched in December 2012 with seven flights per week. Meanwhile, there will be three flights on the Ho Chi Minh City - Phuket route per week. Flights depart from Ho Chi Minh City at 3:50pm and Phuket at 6:40pm every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. The number of flights on the route is … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines to launch routes to Bali, Phuket

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 VNAT said on September 28 that this September is also the fourth month since the beginning of the year and is the second consecutive month that the number of international visitors to Vietnam reached over 1.5 million. In the nine months, visitors arriving by land increased the highest with 23.5%; by air increased 8.3%; and only by sea dropped 0.6%. International visitors from Asia, Europe, America and Africa increased by 12.5%; 5.3%; 6.8%; and 10.8%, respectively, over the same period in 2018. The goal of Vietnam's tourism in 2019 is welcoming from 17.5-18 million international visitors, serving 85 million domestic tourists. The total revenue from tourists is estimated at VND 700 trillion. The remaining months of 2019 will be the peak time for international tourists to Vietnam, so the tourism industry believes that it will achieve the set goal. On the occasion of World Tourism Day (September 27) in 2019, National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and Vietnam E-commerce and Digital … [Read more...] about Vietnam welcomes 12.9 million foreign visitors

As a result, Vietnam Airlines will push back the departure time on two flights coded VN570 and VN573 between Ho Chi Minh City and Taipei and flight coded VND578 from Hanoi to Taipei by between eight and nine hours. In line with the new flight schedule, flights coded VN570, VN573, and VN578 will depart at 01:30, 07:15, and 02:10 local time, on October 1, 2019. Affected passengers will receive assistance from the airline’s existing regulations while the carrier will continue to closely monitor the weather situation and update passengers with regard to the latest information about the typhoon. The airline has advised all passengers who plan to travel to and from airports affected by typhoon Mitag in Taipei, Taiwan (China), Busan and Seoul in the Republic of Korea, in addition to Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Changzhou in China, to regularly monitor weather conditions and check information released by the carrier. It also has recommended that passengers visit website … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines adjusts flight schedule due to typhoon Mitag