Airport expansion plan offers long-term investment appeal 08:00 | 12/03/2021
While the race to seek permission for new airports in the country remains controversial, Vietnamâs future aviation development plan by 2050 is expected to create fresh opportunities for private investors to join.
Some provinces believe they will require much stronger airport infrastructure for the next decade and beyond. Photo: Duc Thanh
A number of proposals by cities and provinces to build an airport have been announced. On February 25, the Peopleâs Committee of the southern province of Binh Phuoc proposed to the Ministry of Transport (MoT) to have Binh Phuoc airport included in the national planning on airport development for 2021-2030, with a vision towards 2050.
New routes and deals offer impetus for domestic airlines 14:33 | 10/03/2021
Vietnamâs aviation market is trying to warm up rapidly as the world tries to move back to some kind of normality in the face of vaccine arrivals and successful domestic human vaccine trials.
Passengers were delighted to take the first flight to Van Don International Airport after a month of halted operations
Leading airlines such as Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet, and Bamboo Airways are increasing the number of new flights and hot deals for their traditional routes around the country along with efforts to apply early COVID-19 vaccines for their pilots and crews.
Saturday, 17:14, 06/03/2021
Increasing global demand, stable domestic production, and better rice quality count among the reasons Vietnam can be confident its rice exports will prosper again in 2021 and surpass the 3.1 billion USD in revenue posted in 2020, despite a significant decline in the first two months of this year.
Loading rice for export at Sai Gon port (Photo: VNA)
According to figures from Vietnam Customs, Vietnam earned US$192 million from shipping nearly 348,000 tonnes of rice overseas in January, down 34.2 % in value and 36.4 % in volume against December and 2.4 % and 15.4 %, respectively, year-on-year.
As the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday fell in February, the month’s export turnover is expected to be down.
The
State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,166 VND per USD on March 5, up 14 VND from the previous day (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of
Vietnam set the daily
reference exchange rate at 23,166 VND per USD on March 5, up 14 VND from the previous day.
With the current
trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to
commercial banks
during the day is 23,860 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,471 VND/USD.
The rates listed by
commercial banks saw slight adjustments.
At 8:25 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate
at 22,900 VND/USD and the selling
rate at 23,110 VND/USD, unchanged from March 4.
Wednesday, December 09, 2020 15:50
The virtual platform of the 24th International Engineering & Technology Fair, held by the Confederation of Indian Industry (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese businesses are
displaying their products via an online pavilion at the 24th International
Engineering & Technology Fair (IETF 2021) of India.
Among Vietnamese exhibitors, the Rang Dong Light
Source & Vacuum Flask JSC showcases fishing lights and vacuum flasks. The
THACO Chu Lai Mechanical Complex Co. Ltd introduces products of precision
mechanics and automobile and motorbike spare parts. Meanwhile, the Son Ha
Group, with about 30 percent of its export revenue coming from India, displays
water heaters, water tanks, and stainless steel pipes.