More than 40,000 discounted air tickets and 15,000 discounted package tours are being offered at the Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2018 opened on March 29 in Hanoi. A customer checks tour products using a phone at the stall of Trang An Travel Company With the theme "Online Tourism, Vietnam’s Tourism Advances in Industry 4.0", the event aims to encourage and support travel enterprises to access opportunities in the digital era by applying modern technology in selling their products, thus promoting their capacity to attract and serve customers online. Online tourism is a trend in the development of science and technology and the tourism sector worldwide and technology must be introduced as quickly as possible, providing tourists with more options, Mr. Vu The Binh, Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association (VITA), told the opening ceremony. This year’s VITM brings opportunities for technology enterprises to introduce their products for tourism. … [Read more...] about Discount tours and air tickets offered at Vietnam International Travel Mart 2018
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Mobile carriers unhappy with 20% discount limit
Mobile carriers unhappy with 20% discount limitThe Saigon Times Daily Many mobile users have complained that the discount cap of 20% is too low - PHOTO: THANH HOA HCMC - Local mobile carriers have proposed the Ministry of Information and Communications remove the discount cap of 20% on prepaid subscriptions. Since the limit was introduced in March, the sales of top-up cards have slumped sharply, reported Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper. In its petition to the ministry, Viettel said macro policies, including the discount limit of 20% affecting prepaid mobile users and payment restrictions on using top-up cards for digital content services, had badly affected the telecommunications business in the first half of the year. Vinaphone asserted that the current discount limit on prepaid subscriptions was not in line with the enterprise’s management policy and the market economy. Overseas mobile carriers still offer discounts between 70% and 80% based on the number of inventory items … [Read more...] about Mobile carriers unhappy with 20% discount limit
3rd Cheers convenience store opens in HCM City
The new Cheers convenience store on Dinh Tien Hoang Street in HCM City’s District 1. — VNS Photo Xuan Huong The joint venture between the Saigon Union of Trading Co-operatives and Singapore’s NTUC FairPrice Co-operative Limited on May 10 opened its third Cheers convenience store in the country in HCM City. The 24-hour store on Dinh Tien Hoang Street in District 1 comes after others in District 10 and District 4. The stores sell household goods, ready-to-eat products such as combo rice and noodle sets, sandwiches, sushi, salads and fresh fruits, desserts, beverages, and confectionery, including imported products. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Seah Kian Peng, CEO of NTUC FairPrice, said: “Similar to the stores in Singapore, the Cheers stores here provide 24-hour shopping convenience and value-added services such as bill payment, SIM card top-ups and insurance renewal.” Nguyen Anh Duc, deputy CEO of Saigon Co.op, said the stores meet the needs of a wide … [Read more...] about 3rd Cheers convenience store opens in HCM City
Co.opmart offers huge discounts on weekend
Customers buy essential products at a Co.opmart supermarket in HCM City. – VNS Photo Customers around the country are quite familiar with the previous big promotion programmes during weekends at Co.opmart supermarkets, and this weekend they will be able to buy a number of products with sharp discounts as Co.opmart again launches a similar promotion programme with sharp discounts to celebrate its 22nd anniversary. The prices of many essential items will be cut to just VND5,000. Customers throng an area selling discounted products at a Co.opmart store. – VNS Photo On Saturday (April 14) a two-litre bottle of Tuong An cooking oil will cost VND40,000, two 380gm cans of Ngoi Sao Phuong Nam condensed cream (blue label) will be reduced from VND33,000 to VND5,000, a pack of 10 Vifon rice pancakes with crab (60g each) will be sold at only VND5,000. On Sunday (April 15) the prices of a five-litre bottle of Co.opmart cooking oil will be cut from VND207,900 to VND144,900, a … [Read more...] about Co.opmart offers huge discounts on weekend
Lotte Mart launches new membership card
Lotte Mart launches its 3T membership card programme, which offers more benefits to customers. — VNS Photo Lotte Mart has launched a 3T membership card programme, which offers more benefits to customers. Holders of 3T membership cards will enjoy privileges meant for loyal customers such as accumulating points worth 1 per cent of the bill. When 3T card holders upgrade their card to VIP or VVIP, they will receive gift vouchers respectively worth VND200,000 (US$8.9) and VND500,000. VIP and VVIP card holders will also gets birthday and Tet gifts and participate in promotion programmes meant exclusively for them. To mark the launch of the 3T membership card programme, Lotte Mart is organising promotion programmes with discounts of up to 49 per cent on thousands of products. Lotte Mart opened its first store in the country in HCM City’s District 7 in 2008 and now has 13 shopping malls and hypermarkets nation-wide. — VNS … [Read more...] about Lotte Mart launches new membership card