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More int’l air routes to Vietnam’s Khanh Hoa resumed

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1 year ago

July 22, 2022

Many international air routes linked with the south-central Vietnamese province of Khanh Hoa, which is famous for sea leisure activities, have been recently reopened as authorities and airlines are joining hands in shoring up local tourism after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recently, Air Busan has resumed its service between Busan City in South Korea and Cam Ranh City in Khanh Hoa, with a frequency of two flights a week on Thursdays and Sundays, a spokesperson of Cam Ranh International Terminal JSC (CRTC) said on Wednesday.

The first resumed flight on this route was flight BX751 with 200 passengers that landed at Cam Ranh International Airport on the evening of July 14.

On the same day, another flight carried the first 159 passengers from Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province, South Korea to Cam Ranh after more than two years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

South Korean tourists arrive in Khanh Hoa, Vietnam in May 2022. Photo: Thuc Nghi / Tuoi Tre

South Korean tourists arrive in Khanh Hoa, Vietnam in May 2022. Photo: Thuc Nghi / Tuoi Tre

For Vietnamese carriers, Pacific Airlines announced the operation of its two-flight-per-week service from Gwangju and Mokpo Cities in South Jeolla to Khanh Hoa while Vietjet Air started operating flights between Busan and Cam Ranh on Wednesday with a frequency of three trips a week.

On July 8, AirAsia reopened the Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) – Nha Trang route with a frequency of two flights a week on Mondays and Fridays.

The first flight from the Malaysian capital city to Khanh Hoa with 140 passengers aboard touched down at Cam Ranh International Airport at 11:30 am the same day.

Thai AirAsia also plans to restore the Bangkok (Thailand) – Cam Ranh route on August 1.

An Uzbekistan Airways plane carrying 140 passengers from Uzbekistan is pictured at Cam Ranh International Airport in Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. Photo: Hong Minh / Tuoi Tre

An Uzbekistan Airways plane carrying 140 passengers from Uzbekistan is pictured at Cam Ranh International Airport in Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. Photo: Hong Minh / Tuoi Tre

The number of international arrivals at Cam Ranh International Airport in the first six months of this year was 13,567, who came on 81 flights, according to CRTC director Le Thi Hong Minh.

Minh added that charter flights from Taiwan will be reconnected with the airport in September.

Only two air routes connecting Khanh Hoa with Russia and China remain on hold, according to Tran Minh Duc, deputy chairman of the Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa Tourism Association.

Earlier, a flight operated by Uzbekistan Airways on June 14 under its cooperation with Amega Co. Ltd. transported 140 passengers from Uzbekistan to Khanh Hoa for the first time ever, marking the Vietnamese province’s fresh link with the Central Asian market.

An Uzbekistan tourist takes a photo with her cellphone upon her arrival in Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. Photo: Hong Minh / Tuoi Tre

An Uzbekistani tourist takes a photo with her cellphone upon her arrival in Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. Photo: Hong Minh / Tuoi Tre

While the tourism authorities of Khanh Hoa determine that domestic tourists are their main focus, the province has attracted a large number of international visitors, Duc said.

Khanh Hoa expects to welcome about 60,000 more international arrivals in the second half of this year, according to a leader of the provincial tourism department.

It is expected that in August, the Consulate General of India in Ho Chi Minh City will work with about 50 travel and airline companies to survey Khanh Hoa’s tourism products, promote tourism in the south-central Vietnamese region to Indian visitors, and facilitate the opening of direct flights connecting Cam Ranh and India.

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Source: https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/business/20220721/more-intl-air-routes-to-vietnams-khanh-hoa-resumed/68224.html

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Vietnam-Australia Digital Forum 2023: Making Vietnamese digital enterprises go global

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1 week ago

September 20, 2023

TienphongNews

The Vietnam – Australia Digital Forum 2023 was held in Sydney, the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), on August 4 to promote the cooperation in information and communication technology as well as the digital field between the two countries.

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The signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Vietnam’s Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology and its Australian partners. (Photo: VNA)

Sydney – The Vietnam – Australia Digital Forum 2023 was held in Sydney, the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), on August 4 to promote the cooperation in information and communication technology as well as the digital field between the two countries.

The event was co-organised by Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC), the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) and the NSW Trade and Investment Department in charge of the Vietnam market.

The forum took place as part of Vietnamese Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung’s visit to Australia, Director of the MIC’s Department of International Cooperation Trieu Minh Long told Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Sydney.

In 2023, one of the key tasks that the ministry focuses on implementing is to support Vietnam’s digital business community go global. In addition to activities in Australia, it also implements programmes in other countries and regions around the world such as the US, Japan, and Europe.

Long highlighted strengths of Vietnam’s digital technology enterprises, saying some of them have been successful in foreign markets, even in choosy markets like the US and Japan.

One of the advantages of Vietnamese businesses when accessing the Australian market is that the two countries have good diplomatic and economic relations, along with the strong Vietnamese community in Australia.

Speaking at the forum, Consul General of Vietnam in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia Nguyen Dang Thang said that developing a digital platform is a breakthrough solution to promote faster digital transformation, reduce costs and increase economic efficiency.

International cooperation is also an important solution to carry out digital transformation, especially promoting the transformation in society, thereby creating momentum for the digital transformation process in government agencies, he added.
Highlighting the two countries’ new cooperation opportunities, Thang said Vietnam and Australia have a strong cooperative relationship, high political trust which is an important point for cooperation in cybersecurity.

Karla Lampe, Director of NSW International Engagement & Market Development under the NSW’s Department of Enterprises, Investment and Trade (DEIT), emphasised that Vietnam and Australia are maintaining strongest-ever partnership, both from economic perspective and from the ties between the two governments. Both New South Wales and Vietnam have large technology companies and influential individuals in the media.

She expressed her hope that the two countries further promote economic and trade ties in the future, and outline ambitious digital transformation goals.

At the forum, representatives from agencies, organisations, research institutions and businesses of the two countries discussed issues related to information and communication technology, and digital technology to learn about policy incentives, the investment environment in Vietnam and Australia.

At the end of the forum, they witnesses the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Vietnam’s Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology and its Australian partners including Western Sydney University, the University of Canberra, SET Education, the Association of Vietnamese Australian Scholars and Professionals (VASEA)./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnamaustralia-digital-forum-2023-making-vietnamese-digital-enterprises-go-global/265680.vnp

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Vietnam lures over 16 billion USD in foreign investment

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1 week ago

September 20, 2023

TienphongNews

As of July 20, total newly-registered capital, additional capital, and capital contributions and share purchase by foreign investors stood at nearly 16.24 billion USD, up 4.5% compared to the same period of 2022 and 8.8% compared to the first half of the year.

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Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnam-lures-over-16-billion-usd-in-foreign-investment/265410.vnp

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Vietnam’s macro-economy stays stable, inflation controlled: official

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1 week ago

September 20, 2023

TienphongNews

Vietnam’s marco-economic continues to stay stable and inflation is controlled Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son told a press conference following monthly cabinet meeting in Hanoi on August 5.

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The regular press conference takes places on August 5 in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi – Vietnam’s
marco-economic continues to stay stable and inflation is controlled Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son told a press conference following monthly cabinet meeting in Hanoi on August 5.

Son said that the cabinet meeting for July focused on assessing and discussing the socio-economic situation in July
and first seven months of 2023; the progress of the programme on
socio-economic recovery and development; public investment capital
allocation and disbursement; and the implementation of three national target
programmes among others.

According to Son, participants to the meeting held that in July,
the socio-economic situation was improved compared to the previous month,
contributing to the country’s performance in the first seven months.

So far, the macro-economic situation has remained
stable, while inflation has been controlled. In the first seven months, the
average consumer price index (CPI) increased 3.12%, while all the major
economic balances were ensured.

State budget collection exceeded 1 quadrillion VND
(42.13 billion USD), equivalent to 62.7% of the estimate. Meanwhile, the
country’s exports fetched 195.4 billion USD, with a trade surplus of 16.5
billion USD.

In July, the Index of Industrial Production (IIP)
rose 3.9% month on month and 3.7% year on year. Total revenue from retail of
goods and services increased 7.1% year on year in July and 10.4% in seven
months.

At the same time, the country welcomed more than 1
million foreign visitors in July and 6.6 million in the January-July period,
6.9 times higher than that in the same period last year.

In seven months, 267.63 trillion VND of public
investment capital was disbursed, completing 37.85% of the yearly target, 3.38%
increase year on year. Meanwhile, the country attracted nearly 16.24 billion
USD in foreign direct investment (FDI), up 4.5%.

In July, 13,700 new businesses were established,
raising the total number of new firms to 131,900 in seven months.

Social welfare, security and defence were also
kept stable.

To date, nearly 93.8 trillion VND of the
socio-economic recovery and development programme has been disbursed. Requests
of localities have also been responded to in a timely manner.

Son said that Prime Minister Pham
Minh Chinh clearly pointed out tasks focusing on removing difficulties for production and business, giving
priority to promoting growth, creating jobs, ensuring livelihoods for people
associated with stabilising the macro-economy, controlling inflation, and ensuring
major balances of the economy.

The PM also asked
ministries, agencies and localities to accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital, and carry out the socio-economic
recovery and development programme, as well as three national target programmes. He urged agencies
to strengthen
forecasts, warnings and provide timely information on
natural disasters and readiness for rescue works, Son said, adding that the PM assigned
specific tasks to particular ministries, sectors and localities in the time to
come./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnams-macroeconomy-stays-stable-inflation-controlled-official/265691.vnp