The Hanoi real estate market saw optimistic development in the third
quarter and the growth trend is expected to continue to the end of this
year, Savills Vietnam real estate agent reported on Oct. 5.
Demand for air cargo is expected to jump in the last months of this
year, creating potential for local and international freight airlines,
said industrial analysts.
The number of HCM City ’s people
travelling on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival
recorded a rise of 30 percent over the previous Tet with more than
40,000 people choosing local tours lasting for 3-5 days.
The national flag carrier Vietnam
Airlines expects to see a total revenue of 32 trillion VND (1.78
billion USD) this year, up 30 percent against last year in the context
of the global economic recovery.
Luxury hotels nationwide are still
struggling to shift their focus with a view to increasing their
occupancy rates in the remaining months of the year.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended
the inaugural ceremony of the Samsung mobile phone factory in the Yen
Phong industrial zone in northern Bac Ninh province on Oct. 28.
Flagship carrier Vietnam Airlines has
announced that it was able to maintain growth in the first half of the
year despite the ‘one-two punch’ dealt by the global economic recession
and A/H1N1 flu.