It will cost Sabeco over VND5 billion ($217,000), and the company will identify the workers together with the managements of industrial parks in HCMC and the neighboring provinces of Binh Duong and Dong Nai. A charter flight each will fly from HCMC to Hanoi and the central towns of Vinh, Dong Hoi and Quy Nhon. The 1,000 people going by bus will go to the central provinces of Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, and Khanh Hoa, the Central Highlands provinces of Dak Lak and Lam Dong and the southern provinces of Kien Giang and Ca Mau. Hoang Dao Hiep, deputy general director of Sabeco, said this would be the second year the company and the Youth Union provide transportation for the best-performing workers for Lunar New Year. This year it is on a larger scale, and the process to select the workers too started earlier -- at the beginning of December. Tet (The Lunar New Year) falls in late January 2020. Last year too the company had chartered four aircraft. Sabeco is owned 53.59 … [Read more...] about Sabeco to charter aircraft to transport outstanding workers home for New Year
Ministry of transport
Toll road operators asked to install ETC systems before year-end
At My Loc electronic toll station in Nam Dinh province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has affirmed that investors in Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contracts will have to stop collecting fees if they don’t install electronic toll collection (ETC) systems by the end of this year. The made the statement at a meeting to review the progress of the installation of ETC systems held in Hanoi on March 6. Regarding to the ETC under the Build-Own-Operate (BOO) format, the minister asked agencies under his management to complete all procedures to sign contracts with the investor – a joint venture between the VETC Vietnam Joint Stock Company and TASCO Joint Stock Company. The also urged the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam to finish international bidding work to select investors for BOO projects including toll stations on National Highway 1 and Ho Chi Minh Highway crossing through the Central Highlands. He proposed agencies review and amend … [Read more...] about Toll road operators asked to install ETC systems before year-end
Da Nang revisits railway station relocation plan after 15 years
The central city first brought out the plan to relocate the Da Nang Railway Station westward to Lien Chieu District from the central district of Thanh Khe in 2004. After many discussions, the plan fell through. The long delay and uncertainty has upset a lot of residents. "This delay isn't good for the people here. They can't build houses. They can't give their land to their children. We need a concrete solution from the city," resident Huynh Su said at a meeting with Da Nang’s Party chief Truong Quang Nghia on Tuesday. Nghia said the relocation had been stalled due to the lack of funding. But some investors have expressed interest in the project recently. Therefore, the city plans to revive it and collaborate with the Ministry of Transport to select a new location for the station in 2020. He said the city now wants to relocate the station to a different place than Lien Chieu because it was no longer a rural district and the station should be at a fair distance from the city … [Read more...] about Da Nang revisits railway station relocation plan after 15 years
Government tightens management of drones, ultralight aircraft
Illlustrative image (Photo: Internet) Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked the Ministry of National Defence to cocordinate with the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to request declarations from organisations and individuals which own unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, and ultralight aircraft in the country. Binh, who is also Chairman of the National Civil Aviation Security Committee, said this is one of many measures to address the evolving threat to civil aviation involving these pieces of equipment. He said drones and ultralight aircraft were being widely applied in many fields, bringing many benefits in socio-economic development. However, due their ease of transportation, control and low costs, the equipment was becoming a threat to the security and safety of civil aviation. Thus, it was necessary to develop long-term measures on managing UAVs and ultralight aircraft to minimise … [Read more...] about Government tightens management of drones, ultralight aircraft
Congestion in aviation infrastructure needs resolving
Amid opinions that Vietnam’s aviation market has developed too rapidly, Mr. Dinh Viet Thang, head of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV), said that the aviation market has been posting good growth and under control with ensured safety and profits for carriers. The Vietnamese aviation market still reflects correctly rising demand of the economy and is in line with annual economic growth rate. However, representatives of state management agencies, experts and enterprises thought that although the development of Vietnam’s aviation market is still under control, rapid development has been causing intense pressure on infrastructure. If this issue is not solved soon, it will cause lots of consequences. Among the network of 22 airports, overloading situation mainly happens at two major airports Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat, of which the situation is worse at Tan Son Nhat Airport. Mr. Lai Xuan Thanh, chairman of the Board of Management of the Airports Corporation of … [Read more...] about Congestion in aviation infrastructure needs resolving