Airport car parks

People will soon have more options to travel from Hà Nội’s downtown area to Nội Bài International Airport. – VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI (VNS) — Three coach operators have jointed a pilot programme to offer rides for about VNĐ40,000 (US$1.8) per ride from downtown Hà Nội to Nội Bài International Airport beginning this month. The operators are Hải Vân International Transport Joint Venture Company, Việt Thanh Transport Ltd Company and ABC Taxi Service Joint Stocks Company. They will open three coach routes to Nội Bài International Aiport. The first route will have stops at Thống Nhất Park, Quang Trung Street, Hai Bà Trưng, Lý Thái Tổ, Chương Dương Bridge, Nguyễn Văn Cừ and Đông Trù Bridge. The second route includes stops at Hoàng Cầu Street, Thái Hà, Cầu Giấy, Bưởi, Võ Chí Công and Nhật Tân Bridge. The third route will stop at Nước Ngầm Station, Linh Đàm, Nguyễn Xiển, Ring Road 3, Phạm Văn Đồng and Thăng Long Bridge. Signals will be set up for coaches to pick up passengers. … [Read more...] about Private transport firms offer cheap ride from Hà Nội to Nội Bài Airport

Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport has opened a 10,000sq.m parking garage, located outside the domestic terminal.— Photo baogiaothong.vn HCM CITY — Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport has opened a 10,000sq.m parking garage, located outside the domestic terminal. Đầu Khắc Cường, director of TCP Joint Stock Company, said that motorbike drivers could park temporarily on the second and third floors until the parking garage begins full operation next month. Then they could switch to parking lots on the ground and intermediate floors. The five-storey parking garage, which has been under construction since December 2015, can hold more than 3,000 motorbikes. While the ground and intermediate floors are set for motorbikes, car owners can park their vehicles on the second to fifth floors. Estimated parking fees for each motorbike are VNĐ5,000 (US$0.22) during the day and VNĐ10,000 ($0.4) at night. The respective prices for bicycles are VNĐ2,000 ($0.1) and VNĐ4,000 ($.0.2). — VNS … [Read more...] about Tân Sơn Nhất Airport opens new parking

The five-story garage at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport. The new parking fees will be applied beginning in December. – Photo infonet.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Parking fees at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport will increase beginning today, December 1, the city’s People’s Committee has announced. The new fee for motorbikes in the first four hours will be VNĐ 6,000 (US$0.26). Vehicles’ owners will pay VNĐ 1,000($0.04) for every additional hour. The current fee is VNĐ5,000 ($0.2) every eight hours. The new fee for cars with between four and eight seats will be VNĐ20,000 ($0.8) for the first 90 minutes, plus VNĐ5,000 ($0.2) for every additional hour. For cars with between nine and 25 seats, the fee will be VNĐ40,000 ($1.7) for the first 90 minutes and VNĐ15,000 ($0.6) for every additional hour. The current fees are VNĐ15,000 ($0.6) and VNĐ30,000($1.3), respectively. This is the … [Read more...] about Tân Sơn Nhất hikes parking fees

Passengers wait to check in at Tân Sơn Nhất airport’s domestic terminal just before Tết last year. — Photo baotintuc.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY — The country’s busiest airport, Tân Sơn Nhất in HCM City, has taken measures to cope with overload inside as well as on roads outside during Tết (the Lunar New Year) next month. The airport is usually packed during Tết as people leave for their hometowns. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam, the number of passengers is expected to increase by 20 per cent this year to more than 4.1 million on a total of 26,288 flights. Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air and Jetstar Pacific will increase the number of flights during Tết by 10-15 per cent from a year earlier. Airport authorities have worked with airlines to improve ground services to cope with congestion during the year’s biggest holiday in three weeks’ time. At the international terminal, two more aerobridges leading from the terminal to … [Read more...] about Tân Sơn Nhất airport braces for Tết overload

Minister apologizes for misuse of public car The Saigon Times Daily Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh - PHOTO: VGP HCMC - Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh on January 8 wrote to the local media apologizing for the misuse of a State-owned car to pick up his wife right at the stairs of a plane at Noi Bai International Airport late on January 4. He said in the letter, which is also available on the website of the ministry, that as the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and a family member involved in the case, he admitted his mistake in the case. Through the media, he wants to apologize to all the passengers on board Vietnam Airlines Flight VN262 on which his wife was traveling on January 4. Especially, he apologized to the people, leaders of the Party and the State, and his colleagues at the ministry. “I consider this a painful lesson for myself, my family and the ministry,” Anh said. In explaining why he just spoke up four days … [Read more...] about Minister apologizes for misuse of public car

Ladder car punctures VNA’s Boeing 787 The Saigon Times Daily A hole is seen in the lower half of a Boeing 787-9 plane’s back door after being hit by a ladder car on August 21- PHOTO: TPO HCMC - A ladder car, while approaching a Boeing 787 aircraft operated by Vietnam Airlines (VNA), punctured the body of the plane on August 21, resulting in the cancelation of a flight from HCMC to Japan’s Osaka. The incident occurred at 11:10 p.m. when the Boeing 787-9 plane (registration number VN-A865) was being parked at Tan Son Nhat International Airport to prepare for the flight to Osaka. The ladder car, operated by Vietnam Airport Ground Services Co., Ltd, hit the jet, leaving a hole in the lower half of the plane’s back door, reported Tuoi Tre newspaper. The national flag carrier had to ground the aircraft for technical examination and repairs. All 265 passengers on flight VN320 were flown to Osaka on another Boeing 787 the following morning. The Southern Airports … [Read more...] about Ladder car punctures VNA’s Boeing 787

With more than 26,000 taxis, HCM City’s traffic congestion has worsened in recent years. – VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HCM CITY – Stand on just about any sidewalk in downtown HCM City and you can’t fail to see an oncoming stream of taxis, a welcome sight for passengers during rush hour and rainy days, but quite a nuisance for many others. Some local residents and officials say the explosion of taxi services in recent years is contributing to traffic congestion, which has become increasingly worse. As of 2016, there were a total of 11,060 traditional taxis and 15,300 app-based taxis, double the number that city officials had previously targeted. Traffic is often so bad around the city that it’s uncommon for a resident to go for more than a day without struggling to wriggle through crowded streets at any time of the day. Adding to the congestion is the daily flush of vehicles that enter and leave the city from neighbouring provinces. Though the city’s … [Read more...] about Are taxis making HCM City’s traffic worse?

An overturned light truck on the approach to Bình Triệu Bridge in HCM City’s Thủ Đức District. — VNA/VNS Photo Mạnh Linh Viet Nam News HCM CITY — The chairman of HCM City People’s Committee Nguyễn Thành Phong instructed the municipal Department of Transport and relevant authorities to make studies for banning all light trucks during the day time in an effort to ease traffic congestion. “This is a necessary solution because traffic congestion is happening throughout the day, not only during peak hours, especially at the city’s enterences, major roads, Tân Sơn Nhất Airport and Cát Lái Port,”  Phong said at a Friday meeting to review traffic and safety for the first six months of this year. “Relevant authorities must continue to properly guide traffic routes, install more traffic lights, and arrange traffic police to ease traffic congestion,” he added. Phong also asked authorities to speed up projects to collect car parking fees, to set up walking streets in downtown and … [Read more...] about HCMC to ban light trucks in daytime

Cửa Đại Beach in Hội An City is a favourite destination for tourists. — VNS Photo Công Thành Viet Nam News QUẢNG NAM — Organic farming, hi-tech agriculture, tourism and services – these are the key growth areas for Quảng Nam Province, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said yesterday. He said the central province use its two world heritage sites – Hội An City and Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary, as well as other attractions like a 124km long coastline and the world biosphere site Chàm Island, to build itself as an international recreational and tourism centre. The PM was addressing a conference held in Tam Kỳ City, Quảng Nam, on investment in the central province. The conference was attended by more than 1,000 participants including investors and  representatives from financial institutions. Phúc said Quảng Nam has great potential in terms of its natural resources, human resources and connectivity (airport, seaport, roads, railways and the national Expressway systems). He said the … [Read more...] about PM urges Quảng Nam to attract long-term investors

Island tour is a special product of Phú Quốc. — VNS Photo Trương Vị Viet Nam News by Hoàng Nguyên KIÊN GIANG – Phú Quốc Island has become one of the hottest holiday spots in the country in recent years as the local and central governments have gone ahead with ambitious plans to develop it into an international hub for eco-tourism, resort tourism and amusement and a regional financial centre. Phú Quốc, dubbed pearl island, is the biggest island in the country at around 600 square kilometres. With white sandy beaches and balmy weather almost all year round — since two-thirds of the island is covered in forests — Phú Quốc is a holiday-goers’ paradise. “What attracts tourists the most are the island’s wild beaches, its warm weather which allows tourists to bathe in the sea almost all year round, and its diverse landscapes from mountain to forest and sea,” Huỳnh Quang Hưng, deputy chairman of the Phú Quốc District People’s Committee, said. Night markets in Phú Quốc … [Read more...] about Phú Quốc Island becoming international tourism magnet