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BRG Group chairwoman Madame Nguyen Thi Nga Passion-fuelled success Having acknowledged the appearance of the golf industry in Vietnam around 1994, Madame Nga admits she took a few years to observe the situation before deciding to invest. The decision was appraised as a bold move since there were only around 1500 Vietnamese golfers recorded in 1999. Back then, golf courses were mainly found in the southern regions such as Song Be, Thu Duc and Dong Nai, with the only exception being Kings Island Golf Resort in North Vietnam. However, after nine years of treading water, foreign investors showed intention of divesting at Kings Island Gof Resort and transferring their shareholdings to other investors. Seizing the opportunity, Madame Nga entered the investment game with no knowledge or experience of golf yet possessing a rare interest in a new industry and the quick wits of a business magnate. She was briefly involved in the negotiation process and bought off the whole ownership of the … [Read more...] about The power of Vietnam’s golf industry

A bus connects Ha Noi's city centre with Noi Bai International Airport. - Photo baogiaothong.vn The bus No 68 can accommodate 60 passengers and has free Wifi on board. The buses will run every 30 minutes from the Me Ling Plaza Commercial Centre in Ha Dong District from 5am until 11pm. A ticket will cost VND40,000 (US$1.73) per trip. It takes 70 to 75 minutes to travel the entire 40.7km route. Vu Van Vien, director of Ha Noi's Department of Transport, said the bus route would save travel time compared to subsidised public bus routes as there will be fewer stops. He said he expected more passengers to switch to public buses from taxis and private vehicles to help ease traffic pressure on roads to the airport. At present, there are five bus routes to Noi Bai Airport, including four subsidised ones: No 07 Cau Giay – Noi Bai, No 17 Long Bien – Noi Bai, No 90 Kim Ma – Noi Bai, No 109 My Dinh Bus station – Noi Bai and the high-quality bus route No 86 Ha Noi Railway … [Read more...] about New bus route to Noi Bai airport opens in June

This has become a fact of life. Dua, 83, lives with her five sons in a two-story house next to the Ke Khe Canal in Van Phuc Street, Ba Dinh District. The canal, once a part of To Lich River, is now a dumping site for all kinds of wastewater from Ba Dinh's Doi Can and Kim Ma Wards. A man walks near piles of trash along a ditch that flows into To Lich River in Hanoi, November 2019. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh. But Dua has seen something that is unimaginable now. She remembers that the river used to be big enough for three boats to move around comfortably. She remembers children jumping into the river and farmers growing vegetables and fishing on the banks. She remembers how people would light up lanterns and sail along To Lich in the middle of the night to harvest their produce, before selling them at the crack of dawn. She remembers how the morning glory in Van Phuc was the best you could get in Hanoi. "When it rained in March, fish as big as a human arm would jump out of the river … [Read more...] about Hanoians living beside filth remember an ‘unbelievable’ past