The American airline Alaska Airlines is examining its Boeing 737-9 MAX planes after an incident in which a segment of the fuselage and a window from one of the aircraft detached during flight. Passenger oxygen masks hang from the roof next to a missing window and a portion of a …
Read More »EVN receives $104 M for Con Dao islands’ grid connection project
The government will use state money to give power utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) VND2.53 trillion (US$104 million) to connect the tourism archipelago of Con Dao with the national grid. This will cover around half of the amount needed to link the archipelago off the coast of the southern province of …
Read More »2023 most challenging year for Vietnamese garments: industry insider
Garment giant Vinatex CEO Cao Huu Hieu considered 2023 the most difficult year in the sector’s history due to a severe shortage of orders. “In the 30 years of Vinatex operation we never had to face difficulties as in 2023. The worst-case scenario happened to many businesses and some are …
Read More »VN-Index slips from near four-month peak
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index fell 0.14% to 1,158.59 points Tuesday after hitting a 15-week high Monday. The index closed 1.60 points lower after gaining 5.51 points in the previous session. Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 4% to VND18.44 trillion ($757.13 million). The VN-30 basket, comprising the …
Read More »The world’s 30 Best Places to Work for 2023 revealed
NEW YORK/LONDON/SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 January 2024 – The Best Places to Work organization announced today the list of the top 30 world Best Places to Work for 2023. Topping this year’s ranking for the second consecutive year was Novo Nordisk, the global healthcare company with almost …
Read More »Southeast Asian carriers eye huge China tourism market, rush to launch flights
Airlines are scrambling to launch direct services between Southeast Asian tourist hubs and China, the world’s largest tourism market before Covid broke out. Cambodia Airways on Saturday began flights between Phnom Penh and Chongqing, China’s most populous city with a population of over 31 million, the Khmer Times reported. The …
Read More »Vietnamese wins honors in global contest for photo of cloud-covered Buddha statue
Tran Tuan Viet won “honorable mention” at the annual International Monochrome Photography Awards for his dreamy shot of a Buddha statue standing amid clouds on Ba Den Mountain. He shot it in October last year when he and his friends took a cable car at dawn to go cloud hunting …
Read More »The Bay of Lights: Home to Cambodia’s Premiere USGA-Certified Waterfront Golf Course by Greg Norman
SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 January 2024 – In a move set to redefine golfing in Southeast Asia, the Bay of Lights development announces the Bay 19 Golf Course commencement. This $41 million investment, part of a $16 billion township project, opens a new chapter in Cambodian …
Read More »Depositors lose money from jewelry store in central Vietnam
Hundreds of people had made deposits worth nearly VND33 billion ($1.35 million) at a gold and jewelry store in central Vietnam for high interest rates, but many were not able to withdraw in eight years. In the last two weeks a large group of people have often gathered at a …
Read More »Extension of pilot resolution on bad debt settlement proposed
View of a residential area in Hà Nội. Resolution No. 42/2017/NQ-QH14, which piloted handling of bad debt of credit institutions, is proposed to be extended until December 31, 2024 to create conditions for credit institutions to effectively handle bad debts, including the handling of collateral assets of real estate projects. Photo vneconomy.vn …
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