Airline adds flights for stranded travellers

HA NOI — National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced it would maintain regular flights from Noi Bai International Airport while putting on one more flight for customers delayed by foggy weather on the Ha Noi-Can Tho route and vice versa.

Last Saturday, due to thick fog in a number of northern localities, particularly Ha Noi, the carrier had to cancel, delay and change flight routes on 52 international and domestic flights from and to the airport.

Around 40 domestic and international flights departing from Noi Bai had to be delayed.

Football fans fly charter to Malaysia

HCM CITY — HCM City-based tour operator Vietravel has chartered two planes from Vietnam Airlines with a total of 360 seats to ferry football fans to Malaysia this week for the AFC Cup football semi-final against the hosts.

The flights will leave Ha Noi and HCM City for Kuala Lumpur for the December 15 match.

The tour is priced at VND8.9 million from HCM City and VND9.9 million from Ha Noi.

Vietravel will also organise two to four regular tours to Malaysia next week priced at over VND9 million that will take in the match.

Four killed in traffic accident in HCM City

HCM CITY — Four people were yesterday killed in a road accident when an out-of-control truck hit 10 motorbikes on Highway 1 in HCM City.

One man was killed on the spot while three others died on their way to hospital. Six people were injured in the crash in which the truck, which had faulty breaks, crashed into the motorbikes at a traffic light in Tan Binh District.

The police are hunting the truck driver who ran away from the scene.

The exact number of casualties has yet to be determined.

AmCham grants 40 scholarships

HCM CITY — The American Chamber of Commerce in Viet Nam (AmCham Vietnam) last Saturday granted scholarships valued at US$500 each and training vouchers valued at $380 to 40 students from city colleges.

Nearly 600 students from 10 universities in HCM City participated in the AmCham Scholarship 2010 Programme.

AmCham Vietnam has thus far awarded 348 scholarships to Vietnamese students, including 230 Amcham Scholars awards for the top students passing all four selection rounds and 118 Honorable Mention awards between 2001 and 2010. — VNS

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Flights from and to Hanoi resume operation

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced that on Dec. 12 it would maintain its regular flights at the Noi Bai International Airport and increase one more flight for customers delayed by foggy weather on the Hanoi-CanTho route and vice versa.

Earlier, on Dec. 11, due to thick fog in a number of northern localities, particularly Hanoi, Vietnam Airlines had to cancel, delay and change the direction of 52 international and domestic flights from and to Noi Bai International Airport.

The carrier had to cancel six flights from Hanoi to central Vinh city, the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho and the northern province of Dien Bien. To avoid bad weather, three flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi had to change their direction to land at the Da Nang Airport (one flight) and Vientiane Airport of Laos (two flights).

One flight from Da Nang to Hanoi had to land at Vientiane Airport and two flights from Can Tho and Nha Trang had to land at Da Nang Airport.

Around 40 domestic and international flights departing from Noi Bai International Airport had to be delayed.

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Cam Ranh to receive flights from Russia

Two new routes from the Russian cities of Khabarovsk and Vladivostok to Cam Ranh international airport in the central city of Nha Trang will be launched this winter.

Russian carrier Vladivostok Air met with the local authorities on October 13 to discuss the ongoing preparations for the routes’ inauguration.

According to a Vladivostok Air representative, 14 flights are scheduled on these routes from mid-December through to March, with two flights every two weeks to Nha Trang.

This will be the first stage in a long-term operation, as Nha Trang with its warm weather and sunny beaches is extremely popular with Russian tourists.

At the meeting, Cam Ranh Airport’s authorities pledged to halve the cost of landing charges and services and stated that the airport has all the facilities, equipment and staff to cater for international flights.

Ten four and five star hotels and resorts in Nha Trang have also agreed to reduce their charges for Russian tourists flying to Nha Trang on the new routes by between 20-50 percent.

Cam Ranh Airport became an international airport in December 2009 and has recorded an average annual growth rate in passenger numbers of 21 percent, the highest rate in Vietnam, but had not yet introduced any international routes. Last July and August, it handled 14 direct flights from Incheon in the Republic of Korea./.

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