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Despite Covid-19, local airlines plan to operate about 1,000 flights a day, an increase of 28% compared to the previous Tet Holiday. The busiest days will have 1,200 flights, an increase of 25.3% on the previous Tet Holiday. According to the Civil Administration of Vietnam, Tet flights will be the focus from January 27 to February 26. Because of Covid-19, the airlines will not operate usual international flights but pour resources into domestic flights. Vietnam Airlines and Vasco will operate 379 flights a day and 504 flights on busy days, an increase of 35.5% and 31% respectively compared to the same period last year. Vietjet Air plans to operate 371 flights a day and 375 flights on busy days, an increase of 17% and 28% on last year. Bamboo Airways reported that they will operate 180 flights a day, increased by 27.5% and 190 flights on busy days, increased by 34% on last year. Pacific Airlines will have an average of 124 flights a day and 130 flights a day during the peak of the … [Read more...] about Thousands of flights planned for Tet Holiday

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, as ASEAN Chair 2020, delivers a closing speech at the 37th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Hanoi on November 15. Photo for illustration “It is expected to grow again around 7 percent this year because Vietnam signed recently several free trade agreements such as the European Union -Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVTA), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement and the newly-concluded United Kingdom-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVTA),” he told the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s reporter in Jakarta. … [Read more...] about Indonesian researcher hails Vietnam’s economic development

Rome (VNA) - Vietnam handed over its chairmanship role at the ASEAN Committee in Rome (ACR) to Indonesia at an ACR monthly meeting held on January 20. In its six-month taking over the role starting from July last year, the Vietnamese Embassy in Italy worked with embassies of other ASEAN member states to sustain the ARC’s operations amid COVID-19. Seven ambassador-level meetings, activities to celebrate ASEAN’s founding anniversary and 12 other meetings took place during the period.    Under Vietnam’s chairmanship, the committee continued to carry out ASEAN promotion activities such as a photo exhibition of ASEAN member nations in Rome and the 2nd Torino-ASEAN economic cooperation forum. The Vietnamese Embassy also actively coordinated with ASEAN countries and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to implement the Italy-ASEAN development partnership action plan via an initiative to organise an ASEAN-Italy conference of senior police officers and the … [Read more...] about Vietnam wraps up chairmanship of ASEAN Committee in Italy

During the first year of serving as a non-permanent member of the UNSC for the 2020-2021 tenure, Vietnam made a number of hallmarks such as pushing forward the UNSC’s adoption of the Presidential Declaration on the compliance with the UN Charter, organising the ASEAN-UN dialogue, and especially proposing and promoting the UN General Assembly’s Resolution on designating December 27 as International Day of Epidemic Preparedness for the first time. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 20

A corner of Indonesia from above – Image credit: ge.com Open work cultures unlock new opportunities Open communication is cited as one of the major drivers of PT GENTS success and the supply chain organisation appointed a dedicated lean leader – Fitri Afriyanti – as a lean expert with a focus on engaging and encouraging teams on the ground. This new environment encouraged GE teams to voice their views on how things could be improved – while the results have been significant, creating the new culture took time because Indonesians, by nature, are traditionally shy and reserved in terms of sharing feedback and personal insights. … [Read more...] about Built on open culture and dialogue, Lean is a game changer for GE