Ary news headline 8 october 2017

On Friday, a Vietnam Airlines flight was scheduled to depart from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi at 10 a.m. But at 9:40 a.m. Nguyen Thanh, her husband and three-year-old daughter had yet to pass the security checkpoint, prompting airline staff to “rescue” the family ahead of departure.

Arriving at the airport at 8 a.m., they completed check-in and medical declaration procedures, then queued up for an hour waiting to pass the security checkpoint.

Another Vietnam Airlines flight was scheduled to leave HCMC for Cam Ranh at 10:10 a.m., about 30 minutes before departure, many passengers were still at the security checkpoint.

“My family was about to go on a weekend trip – I was surprised the airport was so crowded. I’ve only witnessed such scenes during the Tet holiday,” a passenger named Nguyen Sy commented.

A representative of Tan Son Nhat airport, Vietnam’s largest, said overcrowding got worse closer to the weekends.

On Wednesday, 64,000 passengers passed through the airport, but the number rose to 77.000 a day later.

In 2019, the airport received 40 million passengers, up 4.5 percent from the previous year but the figure was down 47 percent last year to 22 million due to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tan Son Nhat airport has served 36 million passengers a year since 2017, well above its capacity. Construction of a third terminal will begin in October this year.

With Vietnam having contained its Covid-19 outbreaks, domestic air travel has returned to normal.

The latest Covid-19 outbreak in late January came just a few weeks before Lunar New Year, the country’s biggest holiday, forcing many people to cancel travel plans.

Travel+Leisure writes: “With distinct golden sand, soft swells, and shady groves of bamboo and evergreen trees, it’s the kind of place to spend the day gently swinging in a hammock with a beach read, or walking in the surf with a freshly hacked coconut”.

The site added that, due to its location close to the airport, “commercial flights fly thrillingly close,” giving swimmers a chance to watch planes take off and land.

Located around 230 kilometers (143 miles) southeast of Ho Chi Minh City, Con Dao is an emerging tourist destination in Vietnam.

Eariler, the New York Times included southern Vietnam’s 16-island archipelago, Con Dao, in its list of “52 places to love in 2021”.

In 2017, CNN praised it as one 12 paradise islands in Asia, while the US magazine Time included Con Dao in its list of 13 places around the world that amaze travelers with their clear blue water.

HÀ NỘI — Shares edged lower yesterday as selling pressure persisted but falls were capped by strong performance of real estate stocks.

The market benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) closed the last session of the week at 1,238.71 points, down 0.68 per cent or 8.54 points.

The market breadth was still negative as 355 stocks declined while 81 stocks increased during the session. But the market’s liquidity stayed high with nearly 986.9 million shares traded on the southern bourse, worth nearly VNĐ21.8 trillion.

Friday’s losses are expected to extend to next week, according to Saigon – Hanoi Securities JSC (SHS).

The securities firm expected that the index might struggle and fluctuate around 1,250 points in the last trading session of the week. “The close of above or under 1,250 point-level of the index can suggest the trend for next week,” SHS stated in a daily report to customers.

Bảo Việt Securities Company said that the VN-Index is expected to test the support territory of 1,225 – 1,232 points again in the next sessions.

Selling pressure weighed on almost every sector, especially materials, banking, utilities and transportation sectors.

The VN30-Index lost 0.57 per cent, or 7.33 points, to finish Friday’s trade at 1,276.87 points. Twenty-one of the 30 biggest stocks in the VN30 basket fell while only seven rose.

Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vinamilk, VNM) posted the biggest loss in market capitalisation, down 2.22 per cent. Followed by Vietnam Rubber Group JSC (GVR) and Vietcombank (VCB), down 4.32 per cent and 1.23 per cent, respectively.

Big stocks like JSC Bank For Investment and Development of Vietnam (BID), VPBank (VPB), Techcombank (TCB), Saigon Beer – Alcohol – Beverage Corporation (SAB), Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company (VJC) all lost more than 1 per cent.

However, gains in real estate and construction stocks limited the losses. Of which Vingroup JSC (VIC) still led the rally, up 1.49 per cent on Friday. Other stocks like No Va Land Investment Group Corporation (NVL) and Investment And Industrial Development Corporation (BCM) also rose more than 5 per cent.

On the Hà Nội Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index slid by 1.02 per cent to 293.11 points due to falls in large-cap stocks. The HNX30-Index, tracking the 30 biggest stocks in HNX, declined 0.76 per cent to 440.43 points.

During the last session, domestic investors poured over VNĐ3.8 trillion into the market, equivalent to a trading volume of over 225 million shares.

On the contrary, foreign investors were still net sellers in the market with a total value of VNĐ535.27 billion. Accordingly, they net sold a value of VNĐ560.83 billion on HoSE and a value of VNĐ3.48 billion on UPCOM, while net buying a value of VNĐ29.04 billion on HNX. — VNS

HÀ NỘI — The Hà Nội Oncology Hospital and Roche Vietnam will work together in improving patient cancer care and treatment in Việt Nam as part of a Memorandum of Understanding signed on April 15 in Hà Nội.

The 3-year partnership aims to improve cancer patient care and treatment capability, connecting the knowledge exchange and international cooperation in oncology as well as raising patients and community’s awareness of cancer.

The cooperation is expected to bring positive impacts and put patients as a priority by providing immediate initiatives to meet the rising demand for cancer care. It will focus activities on enhancing healthcare professionals’ ability and experience in cancer care and treatment for patients; fostering local and international cooperation in the field of oncology. It will also establish and carry out activities targeting cancer patients and the community and implement the project on improving high-risk breast cancer patients’ access to innovative therapies in the 2020–25 period that was signed between the Ministry of Health and Vietnam Medical Association in 2020.

“The partnership between Hà Nội Oncology Hospital and Roche Vietnam over the last years has brought positive impacts to patients. The new cooperation will help strengthen the relationship between the two organisations with the strong focus on cancer patients and the community in the most tangible way,” said the Hà Nội Oncology Hospital director Bùi Vinh Quang.

“Roche Vietnam proudly continues the partnership with Hà Nội Oncology Hospital as a part of our long-term commitment, setting patients at the core to improve the comprehensive competencies of cancer treatment in Việt Nam. By leveraging Roche’s global strengths and innovative solutions, accompanied with the dedicated team of Hà Nội Oncology Hospital, we wish to contribute positive impacts to progress in healthcare as well as bring outcomes throughout the patient-journey from diagnostics to treatment. This effort is not only to improve the living quality of people with cancer but also reduce the mortality and burdens it caused as well,” said Girish Mulye, General Director of Roche Pharma Vietnam.

According to the GLOBOCAN 2020, there are more than 350,000 cancer patients in Việt Nam, over 182,000 new cases and 122,000 deaths of cancer yearly. A large-scale study by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in June 2020 also showed that the mortality rate of cancer cases in Việt Nam was beyond 70 per cent, ranking in the highest group among Asian countries. Most cancer patients are diagnosed and treated at a late-stage, leading them to the verge of death. This has caused many challenges in treatment as well as burdens on the patients, the healthcare system and society, showing an urge to accelerate the improvement of diagnosis and cancer treatment quality. — VNS

According to the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam, the pilot program of using two automatic machines showed effectiveness in National Highway No.5 with the number of overloaded vehicles falling over 49 times, from 6.9 percent of the first seven months of 2020 to 0.14 percent. The number of daily violations decreased nearly 50 times, ranging from 176 vehicles a day to an average of 3.6 per day.

This is the first high-speed automatic machine system of Vietnam with its accurate, stable, absolutely automatic features without any human manipulations or intervention, promptly showing results within three to 15 seconds. It can control 100 percent of vehicle turns.

Most of the vehicle owners received violation notifications after functional forces showed the evidences of violation and they all paid the fines.

Earlier, in October 2020, the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam started using the most modern high-speed automatic machine system at Km78+770 on the National Highway No.5 through Hai Phong City.

The system was sponsored by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) with the value of nearly VND30 billion (nearly US$1.3 million). The electronic weighing system will quickly read the information of vehicles via camera devices, automatically measure vehicles’ weight and analyze violations.

By Minh Anh – Translated by Huyen Huong