Vietnamese airlines

A Vietnam Airlines aircraft. (Photo: VNA) Washington (VNA) – The launch of a direct air route between Vietnam and the US is an important milestone reflecting the strong growth of the bilateral relations and helping boost Vietnam’s economy and cultural exchange, said Vietnamese Deputy Consul General in San Francisco Hoang Huu Anh. The Vietnam-US air link was very promising, Anh told Vietnam News Agency following the launch of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines’ first direct service between the two countries at San Francisco International Airport on November 29 (Hanoi time). The event also marked the first time a Vietnamese airline had operated a direct flight to the US. Some 1.4 million people travelled between Vietnam and the US in 2019, with an annual growth of 8 percent from 2017 – 2019, he cited. Non-stop flights will facilitate travel by the two countries' people amid growing demand, the diplomat said, adding there has been an increase in businesses wishing to … [Read more...] about Vietnam-US direct flights boost economy, cultural exchange: Diplomat

Nguyen Thi Tam (R) exchanges punches with Stoyka Zhelyazkova of Bulgaria during the Women's Fly (48-51kg) at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Photo: AFP/VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Nguyen Thi Tam and Vuong Thi Vy will represent Vietnam at the World Women's Boxing Championship in Turkey next month. Vietnam's first World Boxing Organisation champion Nguyen Thu Nhi was expected to take part in the tournament but has recently withdrawn. According to Vietnam's Sport Administration's head of Boxing Department Vu Duc Thinh, it was her club, Cocky Buffalo Boxing, that asked for her to be withdrawn. "After her victory at the WBO event last month, Nhi suffered some injuries. It will not be good for her to compete at the world championship as she will not be fully recovered," said Thinh, adding that boxer Vy will take the place. "The International Boxing Association or AIBA has recently announced their new weight categories. Following the update, there is no more U51kg category that Tam … [Read more...] about Vietnamese female boxers to compete in world championship in Turkey

A Vietnamese language class for children in Ekaterinburg city of Russia (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Some experts and officials have voiced their support for the date September 8 to be selected as the day in honour of the Vietnamese language in the overseas Vietnamese community. Speaking at a workshop held in Hanoi on November 30, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu, who is also Chairman of the Foreign Ministry’s State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, said to the 5.3 million Vietnamese living in over 130 countries and territories, the Vietnamese language is a national pride and also a “solid fulcrum” for the country’s culture. The maintenance and promotion of the language, which is a tool for spreading cultural values of the nation, is an important task holding practical, scientific, and human significance, he noted. Other participants in the event underlined the necessity for a day in honour of the Vietnamese language so as to enhance the love for and … [Read more...] about Day to be chosen to promote mother language among overseas Vietnamese

Vu Dinh Thiem, director of the Clinical Trial Center of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, said Tuesday that the third phase trial for the Covivac Covid-19 vaccine needed around 4,000 volunteers. With no district having thousands of unvaccinated residents who qualify for clinical trials, finding the needed volunteers has proved difficult, he said, adding: "As such, the research group has had to suspend clinical trials and look for a different option." Thiem said the team was mulling the idea of researching booster shots to be used in the future. A representative of the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC), which produces the Covivac vaccine, said there is no timeframe for resuming the third phase trial. Another Vietnamese vaccine, Nanocovax by Nanogen, is in its third phase of clinical trial. ARCT-154 by Vingroup, which received the production technology from a U.S. firm, and a Covid-19 vaccine by Japanese firm Shionogi are also in trial stages. … [Read more...] about Human trials for Vietnamese Covid vaccine suspended

Greater coordination is needed to strengthen the region’s common development drive towards the ASEAN Community. People are the center of all strategies in developing ASEAN as a whole that is based on sub-region cooperation, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at a regional forum today. Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the forum in Hanoi on Nov 30. Photo: Baoquocte The people-centered approach in the development drive is aimed to ensure no one is left behind while boosting the connectivity among regions with a focus on infrastructure development, digital transformation, and cultural links, Chinh said at ASEAN Sub-Regional Cooperation Forum on Sustainable Development and Inclusive Growth, the first of its kind held in Vietnam. Accordingly, it needs to improve capacity for sub-regions and boost effective connection among those, Chinh said at the event held in-person and virtually in Hanoi on November 30 that marked the participation of … [Read more...] about People-centered approach matters to subregion development in ASEAN: Vietnamese PM

A cow breeding company in Vietnam was fined VND1.25 billion (US$55,000) for multiple violations of regulatios on environmental and water resources protection. The People’s Committee in Ha Tinh Province levied fines on Khanh Giang Co. Ltd. for a total of 11 violations at the Bac Ha high-producing dairy farm project in Duc Tho District, according to a source from the district’s Office of Natural Resources and Environment. The company did not have a certificate of completion of environmental protection works for the entire project, failed to conduct periodic waste monitoring, improperly implemented one category of the environmental impact assessment, and built and installed equipment and pipelines to discharge untreated waste into the environment. It did not collect hazardous waste, failed to make periodic hazardous waste management reports, discharged wastewater with concentration exceeding relevant standards, failed to make reports on the use of groundwater, failed to install … [Read more...] about Vietnamese cow breeding company fined $55,000 for causing pollution