Posts Tagged ‘ routes ’

No pain, no gain 

January 18, 2012
No pain, no gain 

  A bunch of young Hanoi cyclists have apparently mainstreamed the phrase “pain in the ass” by naming their club Ê Mông, literally meaning “buttock pain.” Buttock Pain was founded in 2008 after a group of cycling lovers met on the web site ttvnol.com and organized a successful trip to Truc Lam Tay Thien Zen [...]

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Vietnam finance ministry approves 20 pct rise in domestic airfares 

December 14, 2011
Vietnam finance ministry approves 20 pct rise in domestic airfares 

  The Vietnamese Finance Ministry has approved a 20 percent price rise for domestic flights from December 15. After the ministry issued the decision on December 6, national carrier Vietnam Airlines announced it will start raising airfares by 15-20 percent next Thursday. Other airlines – Air Mekong, Jetstar Pacific and VietJet Air – have confirmed [...]

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Lam Dong plans three railways, six monorails 

September 12, 2011
Lam Dong plans three railways, six monorails 

  The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has unveiled a plan to build three railway routes to other provinces and six monorail routes inside its capital city Dalat. Under the plan, the province will restore the Thap Cham-Dalat Railway, a French-built 84-kilometer rack railway connecting the resort city of Dalat to the main North-South [...]

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Russian airline opens direct routes to Cam Ranh 

December 20, 2010
Russian airline opens direct routes to Cam Ranh 

  Vladivostok Air, the largest carrier in the Russian Far East, has launched two new routes from Vladivostok and Khabarovsk to Cam Ranh — a town not far from the famous resort town of Nha Trang. The first commercial Vladivostok flight landed at Cam Ranh International Airport in the central province of Khanh Hoa on December 15. [...]

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Transport ministry plans airfare increase

February 3, 2010
Transport ministry plans airfare increase

LookAtVietnam – MOT on January 28 sent a dispatch to the Ministry of Finance, requesting to launch airfare guidelines for domestic flights. The highest airfare (not including VAT and airport fee) proposed for the flights with a distance of 850 kilometres and higher is 1.81 million dong instead of the current level of 1.629 million [...]

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Hanoi to have six express bus routes

December 8, 2009
Hanoi to have six express bus routes

The Hanoi Department of Transportation had submitted to the Hanoi authorities a plan to organize six express bus routes as of December 15, reported the department’s deputy director Nguyen Hoang Linh.  The six express bus routes will be: Long Bien – Dong My (No. 8), Giap Bat – Nhon (No. 32), Giap Bat – My [...]

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Vietnam, Cambodia plan new air routes

October 31, 2009
Vietnam, Cambodia plan new air routes

LookAtVietnam – Vietnam and Cambodia are planning to open two routes linking the coastal city of Sihanoukville in Cambodia with Phu Quoc Island and Can Tho city. Experts said that the new air routes will help create an attractive tourism triangle, facilitating the promising service sector of the two countries. According to Undersecretary of the [...]

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Vietnam Airlines adds new flights

October 28, 2009
Vietnam Airlines adds new flights

LookAtVietnam – National carrier Vietnam Airlines has begun operating three new international and local flights this month from Ha Noi. The new routes link the capital city with Fukuoka in Japan, Pleiku in the Central Highlands and Tuy Hoa in the central region.The Ha Noi – Fukuoka route uses the Airbus A320 every Tuesday and [...]

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Finance Ministry wants airfare caps lifted soon

October 17, 2009
Finance Ministry wants airfare caps lifted soon

The Finance Ministry has asked the Ministry of Transport to put into practice a policy drafted last year aiming to eliminate airfare caps on key domestic routes. The ministries decided in November last year to lift the price ceiling on domestic routes that two or more airlines serve. However, the transport ministry, which oversees aviation [...]

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Jetstar mulls Southeast Asia base for Europe flights

October 9, 2009
Jetstar mulls Southeast Asia base for Europe flights

Jetstar, Qantas Airways Ltd.’s low- cost unit, may open a base in Southeast Asia to support the introduction of European flights, likely challenging local carriers on profitable long-haul routes. Europe is “within the spectrum of possibilities” over the next few years, Chief Executive Officer Bruce Buchanan said in an interview Thursday. Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...