December 6, 2011
The first private airline licensed in Vietnam four years ago officially joined the market Friday, introducing itself as a low-cost carrier.  With its “Save more, fly more” slogan, VietJetAir aims to make air transport accessible to all Vietnamese and foreign tourists including low-income earners through affordable and flexible prices, the VietJet Aviation Joint Stock [...]
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October 15, 2011
Unprecedented move against Chinese contractor not easy, but ‘wise’, local firm says Vietnam’s state-owned Construction Corporation No.1 has decided to end its contract with a Chinese supplier due to poor performance at a major hydropower project in the Central Highlands. Beijing IWHR Corporation was terminated from the contract to supply and install the main [...]
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June 19, 2011
Experts say the company needs to further explain its actions or risk tarnishing its image further Le Van Tach, an engineer at Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) who accused the carmaker of deliberately ignoring technical flaws in April, was suspended on June 11 following accusations that he slandered his co-workers and managers. Photo courtesy of [...]
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June 11, 2011
Nguyen Tan Phong, a technical officer, stands near the mangrove forest in Vam Ray. (Photo: Tuoi Tre) A pilot project aimed at using mangrove forests to mitigate erosion in a coastal village in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has come to a fruitful end. The three-year project conducted in Hon Dat District’s Vam Ray Village has [...]
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April 16, 2011
Engineer who exposed flaws in cars produced by the Toyota Vietnam says he would do it again, if needed A Toyota Innova, a popular model in the country used widely by many taxi companies, runs on a street in Ho Chi Minh City. Toyota Motor Vietnam announced last week that it plans to recall [...]
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April 9, 2011
I was outraged by the response of Toyota Vietnam’s production manager on technical flaws in more than 8,000 Innova cars. Mr. Yoshida said there would be no recall because there have been no complaints. Does he want to wait for accidents to occur before he takes any action? He said that since the country [...]
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April 3, 2011
Toyota's Innova is a popular car model Vietnam, used widely by many taxi companies Toyota Vietnam on Friday admitted that there were technical problems with nearly 9,000 cars of the Innova model, but said a recall would not be necessary. Officials from the company said around 8,830 cars of the model may have problems in [...]
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February 6, 2010
An exhibition about the first locally-manufactured aircrafts opened at the Museum for Air Defense and the Air Force on February 2 but are they the first made-in-Vietnam planes? VietNamNet finds out. The two farmers and their “helicopter”. In 1999 rice grower Le Van Danh and a rubber farmer Tran Quoc Hai, who ran a shop [...]
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January 13, 2010
Many questions were raised by VietNamNet in an interview with Jetstar Pacific’s General Director, Le Song Lai, on January 13, 2010 General Director Le Song LaiVietNamNet : The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has concluded accusations of poor maintenance by two Jetstar Pacific (JP) engineers is true. Since you once served as the State Capital [...]
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December 19, 2009
LookAtVietnam – A two-week inspection on the quality of 34 new urban areas is being conducted, focusing on those built for resettlement purposes. The Nam Trung Yen New Urban Area in Cau Giay District. This is one of 34 new urban area projects being checked by local authorities for the quality of technical and social [...]
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