A fire at Vietnam"s biggest airport closed its domestic terminal on Monday, the airport authority said. The blaze at Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City broke out early on Monday morning inside the terminal building.
Jetstar Pacific, Vietnam’s low-cost airline, on October 21 announced the changes to a plan to launch daily direct services from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok , Thailand and Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Vietnam will further closely monitor the milk market, improve milk testing system and swiftly restore the supply of safe milk products for consumers nationwide, a leading health official said on October 18.
Nearly 200 taxi drivers from the yellow-colored Vinataxi went on strike yesterday morning, accusing the company of collecting high fixed rates for the rental of taxicabs.
The head of the Ministry of Education and Training’s Planning and Finance Department, Nguyen Van Ngu, yesterday warned private universities and colleges they will be penalized if they raise tuition fees before getting the government’s nod.
Floods triggered by storm Hagupit had caused 37 deaths and missing and substantial losses in property in northern region of the country, the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control announced early morning of Sept.28.
The World Bank approved nearly US$60 million in loans towards Vietnam’s efforts to improve agricultural competitiveness, the global lender said in a press release Thursday.
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has released a decision to cut the diesel price by VND450/litre as of 11 am, September 16. However, a petrol price decrease has not been mentioned.
Vietnam has to raise its total electricity generation capacity to 18,000 MW in 2009 to meet fast growing demands, said Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang at a working session with the group on September 10.
Budget airline Jetstar Pacific is offering US$2 fares on direct flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Thailand’s Bangkok and Cambodia’s Siem Reap from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. today to mark its first market expansion.
