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Los Angeles wants to launch direct air route to HCM City

Leaders of the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) - the fifth-busiest airport in the world – have showed their interest in opening a direct air route connecting the US city with Ho Chi Minh City.
Los Angeles wants to launch direct air route to HCM City ảnh 1Tan Son Nhat international airport (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Leaders of the Los AngelesInternational Airport (LAX) - the fifth-busiest airport in the world – have showedtheir interest in opening a direct air route connecting the US city with Ho ChiMinh City.

They had a meeting with a high-ranking delegation of Ho ChiMinh City led by Chairman of its People’s Committee Phan Van Mai on July 19(local time).

According to LAX leaders, to date, the airport has resumedover 60% of international flights and more than 80% of domestic ones.

Mai briefed the hosts on the operation of Tan Son Nhat International Airport,which has a designed capacity of 25 million passengers a year, but it has beencurrently serving nearly 40 million, leading to overloading in the areassurrounding the airfield.

Los Angeles wants to launch direct air route to HCM City ảnh 2Ho Chi Minh City's delegation visits Los Angeles International Airport (Photo: VNA)
He expressed his hope that the two cities will cooperate tolaunch the direct flight connecting them as soon as possible.

Earlier, Mai had a meeting with leaders of the NationalAssociation of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (NASDAQ) StockMarket in New York.

The NASDAQ Stock Market is the second-largest stock exchangein the US after the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange). It trades in an averagedaily volume of 200,000 shares. There are more than 4,000 companies listed on NASDAQwith a market capitalisation of 15,000-17,000 billion USD and more than 10,000corporate clients.

Mai said that the southern economic hub of Vietnam aims tobecome an international financial centre offering diversified financialservices and showing an ability of deep integration in the world market.

He hoped that NASDAQ’s experts will share experience andsupport the city in building the international financial centre, and the city’sbusinesses will have a chance to be listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market in thefuture./.
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