A foreign passenger, who was supposed to get on a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Myanmar, somehow ended up on an aircraft en route to Singapore on Tuesday morning. The incident happened on the flight VN 651 operated by national carrier Vietnam Airlines, which was scheduled to leave Tan Son Nhat International Airport for Singapore at 9:10 am on Tuesday. According to a source close to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, who was also a passenger on the flight, the plane was about to take off when the cabin crew was informed that a passenger had got on the wrong aircraft. “At 9:05 am, a flight attendant announced that the departure would be delayed,” the source stated. A foreign man then exited the plane along with his backpack and suitcase. Several stewardesses were tasked with making sure none of his belongings were left on the aircraft. An employee of Vietnam Airlines escorted the passenger back to the airport terminal after his entire luggage was collected. Flight attendants make sure none of his belongings are left on the aircraft. Photo: Tuoi Tre Meanwhile, all passengers on the flight were asked to remain at their seats in order for the flight attendants to count the number of flyers. The plane was still not able to take off as of 10:00 am that morning. According to Vietnam Airlines’ schedule, the flight VN 943 took off from Ho Chi Minh City to travel to Yangon, Myanmar at 9:25 am, while the flight VN 651 left for Singapore… [Read full story]
Severe traffic gridlock lasting several hours on Thursday at the entrance of a major airport in Ho Chi Minh City left travelers rushing to catch their flights.
The nightmare started at around 9:30 am on streets surrounding Tan Son Nhat International Airport before spreading to nearby areas, despite a recently constructed flyover designed to alleviate congestion at the airport.
On Truong Son Street, vehicles entering and exiting the airdrome were trapped in bumper-to-bumper traffic, while congestion on Hong Ha Street forced motorcyclists to use sidewalks as traffic lanes.
Similar situations were recorded on Bach Dang Street…... [read more]
Customs officers at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City have confiscated 1.5 kilograms of rhino horn disguised as children’s toys in the luggage of a Vietnamese passenger. Customs officers at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City have confiscated 1.5 kilograms of rhino horn disguised as children’s toys in the luggage of a Vietnamese passenger. The confiscated horns are from the Diceros bicornis species, often known as black rhinoceros, and have a market value of around VND2 billion (US$89,000). Three pieces of rhino horn were found hidden inside children’s toy boxes in the…... [read more]
Tan Son Nhat, Vietnam’s busiest airport, is already operating above its capacity. Tan Son Nhat, the country’s busiest and biggest airport, will increase the number of night flights in the weeks leading to the Lunar New Year holiday in an attempt to ease congestion. The Ho Chi Minh City airport is currently operating a total of 38 passenger flights per hour between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., leaving little room to squeeze in more flights, said aviation authorities. Lai Xuan Thanh, director of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam, suggested carriers increase the number of night flights as the Lunar…... [read more]
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ho Chi Minh City in the first quarter of the year rose by 109 per cent compared to the same period last year, pointing to a positive trend that indicates investors feel more confident about the economy. The profitable operation of companies in the city's Export Processing Zones and Industrial Parks, especially foreign-invested enterprises, was behind the rising investment trend, said Nguyen Tan Dinh, deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing Zone Authority (HEPZA). This year, Dinh said that HEPZA would take measures to attract even more investment to the city's EPZ…... [read more]
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ho Chi Minh City in the first quarter of the year rose by 109% compared to the same period last year, pointing to a positive trend that indicates investors feel more confident about the economy. According to the city's Department of Planning and Investment, 78 FDI projects with a total investment of nearly US$160 million were licensed during the first quarter. Among the licences granted in the first quarter, the municipal People's Committee in late March approved a third plant to be built by MTV Sanofi Vietnam, a subsidiary of the Sanofi Aventis Group, with…... [read more]
