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The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport is taking steps to ensure traffic safety and order in the remaining months of the year.

The Ministry of Transport has asked the government to consider allocating capital for the upgrade of runways at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat international airports.

The first batch of fresh Vietnamese longan has landed in Australia’s Melbourne airport and is scheduled to go on sale on September 9.

Vietjet Air has launched its first check-in service in Ho Chi Minh City’s downtown to help passengers board more easily.

The 21 airports in Vietnam are overloaded with the number of passengers estimated to increase to over 112 million this year against a capacity of 96.05 million.

Ninety more traffic surveillance and security cameras in Ho Chi Minh City’s districts will be connected to the Traffic Surveillance and Control Centre, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has targeted earning 19.1 trillion VND (820 million USD) in revenue and 8.2 trillion VND (355 million USD) in pre-tax profit in 2019, representing year-on-year increases of 7 percent and 9 percent.

The Vietnamese Government prioritises capable and prestigious contractors for the state’s transport projects, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said at the National Assembly’s Q&A session on June 5.

Over the past four decades, Vietnam has received tremendous support from the UN and its members and demonstrated its responsible member of the United Nations (UN) since joining the int'l; community.

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.

Authorities recently seized a large number of mobile phones at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City, which were transported from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to Vietnam, said customs officials at the airport on May 20.

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Enzo Moavero Milanesi, who is on a three-day visit to Vietnam, on May 8 cut the ribbon to open the “Twilight Skylines from Police Helicopter” photo exhibition at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City.

The southern key economic zone needs to set forth a long-term vision and outline mechanisms and policies to develop in a strong and sustainable manner, maintaining its locomotive role in national socio-economic development, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

Authorities recently arrested a Vietnamese national at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City for trafficking parts of endangered and rare animals, said customs officials at the airport on April 24.

Vietnam’s aviation industry has seen its strongest growth in the past decades with double-digit growth set in five consecutive years, but it is still faced with sustainable development issues.

Serious traffic congestion at Tan Son Nhat International Airport could be addressed only with comprehensive investment in terminals, runways, air traffic management and the apron system.

A ceremony marking a year of cooperation between national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and its French counterpart Air France was held in Paris on April 8.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Industry and Trade has reported to the municipal administration that it is appraising tenders from contractors to develop logistics facilities and turn the city into a logistics hub for Southern Vietnam.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has proposed the Government allow the Airport Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) to invest in building a third passenger terminal at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City.

Cat Bi Airport in the north city of Hai Phong comes out on top of the six airports ranked for passenger satisfaction of service quality, according to a survey conducted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).