Sydney Airport and Bamboo Airways have announced a new two-weekly service from Sydney to Ho Chi Minh, which will boost tourism and provide a better connection between the two most populous cities in Australia and Vietnam. The announcement comes two days after Bamboo, Vietnam’s fast-growing airline, launched Hanoi to Frankfurt. They will be joined from Hanoi to London Heathrow and Melbourne at the end of March. It’s good to see the carrier starting regular services instead of temporary connections related to the pandemic. It’s because Vietnam expects to lift most of the restrictions on international tourists arriving in the country…
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JERA Co., Inc. (“JERA”) today announces the commencement of large-scale operations by JERA Energy Vietnam Co., Ltd. (“JERA EV”), the Hanoi, Vietnam subsidiary it established to serve as the base of operations in the country. Vietnam faces challenges due to economic growth, such as rising electricity demand, the depletion of domestic resources and how to tackle the decarbonisation of energy. Gas-fired electricity generation – which emits less CO2 than electricity generation from other fossil fuels – can be a flexible complement to intermittent renewable energy and is expected to be an indispensable energy source to promote the energy transition. Therefore,…
Western-led sanctions against Russia are increasing Ukraine says 70 soldiers killed by artillery in Okhtyrka Washington offers more weapons, rules out ‘no fly zone’ More than 70 Ukrainian servicemen were killed in a Russian rocket attack and dozens of civilians were killed in “barbarian” shelling, Ukrainian authorities said on Tuesday as a huge Russian military convoy approached the capital Kiev. Violent ground resistance has so far denied Russian President Vladimir Putin decisive early victories after he launched the biggest attack on a European state since World War II last week. Russia has been pushing for the capital and has amassed…
The situation in Ukraine is changing rapidly. It is unclear how long the airspace over Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus or Russia will be affected. The Russian currency (RUB) is beginning to devalue due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, leading to a series of cancellations by Russian tourists seeking to visit Vietnam and severely impacting local travel agencies’ plans, VOV reported. Bui Quoc Dai, deputy director of Anex Vietnam Travel and Trading Company Limited, told zingnews.vn that his company is waiting for updated news about tensions that have increased between Russia and Ukraine in recent days. Russia and other Eastern…
Hanoi People’s Committee Chairman Chu Ngoc Anh warned on February 27 that the capital will experience the peak of the current COVID-19 wave in mid-March. According to the Ministry of Health, a total of 86,990 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours from 4 p.m. to 4 p.m. February 27. Experts have predicted that the number of new cases in the city will continue to rise over the next two weeks and then peak, pending prevention and control work. † The city’s chairman spoke at a meeting with local authorities in Hanoi about measures to ease pressure…
It goes without saying that the world is becoming more digital with every ticking second. More than half of the world’s population is on one social media platform or the other and about 80% of the world’s population goes online every day. That said, it is only necessary to have an online presence, especially if you run a business that is supposed to serve a diverse community. Having a website is one thing, but making yourself available so that people can easily find you even if they weren’t looking for you is another task that isn’t as easy as it…
The stage is set for a meeting between Russia and Ukraine on Monday at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River. Is this a diplomatic breakthrough or an afterthought as Russia continues its offensive in Ukraine? ###: Ukraine calls for Russia meeting at Belarus border as Moscow forces move closer to Kiev Let’s be clear what this is not: the meeting is not a summit between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Instead, it is a meeting between delegations from both sides. Zelensky’s office said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko called the Ukrainian president on Sunday and offered…
A European ban on Russian flights could be part of newer sanctions, an EU official said. In recent days, several European countries have already banned some or all of the Russian airlines from their airspace. These include Estonia, Romania, Poland, Moldova and the Czech Republic, Reuters reported. On Friday, a flight tracking map showed that the skies over Ukraine were empty when Russia invaded Ukraine. In her opening speech at a conference on Thursday, EU President Ursula von der Leyen said EU leaders were in full agreement in condemning the “appalling and unprovoked attacks”. ###: “We endured and successfully repulsed…
Foreign investors poured nearly $5 billion into Vietnam, equivalent to 91.5 percent from the same period last year on Feb. 20, according to the Foreign Investment Agency, under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Notably, the realized volume of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the past two months was estimated at $2.68 billion, up 7.2 percent year-on-year. ###: How to set up a foreign-invested enterprise in Vietnam? “Despite struggling for two years with the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam’s international trade activity still set a new record by taking advantage of the great opportunities of free trade agreements” Sophie DaoPartner at GBSsaid…
The crisis between Russia and Ukraine has recently been a source of market pressure in some countries. All three major US stock market indices — the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite — have fallen as investors watch tensions build between Russia and Ukraine. In Vietnam, investors are closely monitoring the situation as they worry about the negative impact of the crisis on the local stock market. However, Nguyen Tri Hieu, financial and banking expert, said the crisis could bring both bad and good news. “In 2020 and 2021, the local stock market was…