Business

Vietnamese airlines plan to expand new international flights
24/04/2017 08:34
Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air will open a new flight connecting Hanoi and Singapore on April 27, its second air route to the country after flight between HCM City and Singapore was launched in 2014. Meanwhile, flights from Da Nang to the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Seoul are set to begin...
Kien Giang promotes tourist attraction
11/04/2017 07:06
According to the provincial Tourism Department, the province served 110,730 foreign visitors, up 10% over the same period last year and reaching 30% of its target. Visitors tended to visit islands and archipelagoes in the province thanks to convenient means of travel, the department...
Giant projects heat Phu Quoc Island’s property market
07/04/2017 09:29
The island off the coast of Kien Giang Province has witnessed an amazing transformation, with a series of world-class projects being developed to turn the island into a special economic zone and a tourist hub of not only the region, but also the world. Phu Quoc, planned as one of three...
AirAsia plans Vietnam venture on Southeast Asia travel boom
03/04/2017 07:26
The region’s largest budget airline will partner Gumin Co., Hai Au Aviation Joint Stock Co. and businessman Tran Trong Kien for the venture, which is expected to start flying early next year, AirAsia said in a statement to the stock exchange. Gumin will own about 70 percent of the new...
Ho Chi Minh City targets tourism revenue of $5.3 billion
01/04/2017 04:22
The city’s tourism sector looks to attract six million international visitors, up 15.39% from last year. The target for domestic tourists is 25 million, a rise of nearly 15%, but the city will strive for reaching 30 million, a surge of 37.6% against 2016, said Bui Ta Hoang Vu, director of...
Vietnam active in G20 senior official meeting in Germany
27/03/2017 08:41
In his speech at the Sherpa Meeting of the G20 Developing and Emerging Economies in Frankfurt, Germany on March 23-24, Minh, head of the delegation of Vietnam-the host of APEC 2017 to the meeting, suggested a closer coordination between APEC and G20 in issues of shared concern, especially in...
Banks struggle to raise capital
24/03/2017 06:17
Increasing capital tense situation The board of directors (BOD) of Saigon Bank for Industry And Trade (Saigonbank) has recently released the announcement to its shareholders that the GSM is going to be held by the end of April 2017. Last year Saigonbank failed to increase its chartered...