The Ministry of Transport (MoT) on September 19 sent a document proposing the Ministry of Finance to allocate nearly 4.5 trillion VND (193.5 million USD) for upgrading two key runways in the country’s largest international airports.
The year 2018 holds special significance for Vietnam – France relations, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Thiep said during a ceremony in Paris on September 19 marking the 73rd anniversary of National Day of Vietnam (September 2).
National-flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will launch a new air route linking the central city of Da Nang to Japan’s Osaka city on October 26.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will launch its onboard duty-free sales programme, Lotushop, in October this year in cooperation with King Power Traveller, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based King Power Group.
A Vietnam tourism promotion programme was held in Toronto on September 17 night, wrapping up the Vietnamese Culture Week in Canada from September 11-17.
China’s Shenzhen Airlines announced the launch of direct flights between Hanoi and Shenzhen city and Guangzhou province of China at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 17.
The Ministry of Transport plans to open new routes for commercial flights from nations that send tourists to Vietnam to develop tourism into one of the country’s main economic sectors.
Vietnam’s airlines have announced plans to adjust domestic and international flights on September 16-17 to avoid impacts from super typhoon Mangkhut.
Vietnam Airlines plans to adjust flights to and from Hong Kong (China) on September 16 and 17 to avoid impacts from Super Typhoon Mangkhut.
The rate of delayed or cancelled flights operated by domestic airlines in the first eight months of the year was lower than the world average of 25 percent.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced on September 13 it will resume flights to Osaka from September 18 after the interruption due to Typhoon Jebi in Japan.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has renewed its IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certificate awarded for low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific, the airline announced on September 11.
Jetstar Pacific announced on September 12 that it will continue to cancel flights to the Japanese city of Osaka until the end of September 20 as repair work is still underway at Kansai International Airport following the hit of Typhoon Jebi.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a dialogue on September 12 with arout 20 leaders of multinational corporations who are in Vietnam to attend the 2018 World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN).
Vietnam treasures and wants to develop comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc when receiving Chinese Vice Premier of the State Council Hu Chunhua in Hanoi on September 11.
The rate of delayed or cancelled flights operated by domestic airlines in the first eight months of the year was lower than the world average of 25 percent.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and Russia’s flagship carrier Aeroflot have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cooperation between the two airlines.
Authorities of the south central province of Khanh Hoa see the need to attract more tourists, especially from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
