Industries
Oz offender ban may be felt in Cambodia
The Australian government on May 30 announced plans to ban those listed on the country’s national sex offender registry from travelling abroad – a plan that would nullify the passports of 20,000 offenders, including those who may be living or travelling in Cambodia. Australian Foreign Minister ...
Thailand to take on Singapore with $5.7 billion airport overhaul
Thailand is seeking to take on Singapore’s dominance in aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul with a $5.7 billion upgrade of a Vietnam War-era airport. Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Sikorsky Aircraft is the latest company to study a possible increase in MRO spend in Thailand in the wake ...
Yokohama Rubber to rev up Chinese capacity by nearly 50%
Yokohama Rubber will ramp up its tire output capability in China as it seeks to boost business with local automakers. The Japanese manufacturer will bolster its production capacity for passenger-car tires in China to 13.6 million units a year by 2020, up nearly 50% from 9.35 million units in ...
Japan Airlines to add flights to Australia, Hawaii
Japan Airlines will launch additional flights serving Australia and Hawaii as early as September, revamping its international routes for the first time since undergoing bankruptcy reorganization in 2010. In addition to an existing route between Narita Airport and Sydney and code-share flights, Japan’s flag carrier ...
Scourge of mass fish deaths strikes again
One morning at the end of April, Nguyễn Văn Phú, a resident in Nguyên Khê Commune, Hà Nội’s Đông Anh District, woke up shocked to find that the fish in Nguyên Khê Lagoon had died en mass.He suspected polluted water in the lagoon was the ...
Tourism industry wants visa waiver for 5 European countries extended
The HCM City Tourism Association has urged the Government to extend the visa waiver for tourists from five Western European countries — France, Italy, Germany, the UK, and Spain. A visa waiver programme for the five countries ends next month, Nguyễn Thị Khánh, deputy chairwoman ...
Yin Yi bags $124.5M construction contract
China’s Sino Great Wall signed a construction contract worth $124.5 million with Cambodia’s Yin Yi Venture for work on Amethyst One, an 8,100-square-metre mixed-use development located on capital’s Chroy Changvar Peninsula, Reuters news agency reported on Monday.Read more ...
Capital aims for 4.5% export growth in 2017
The capital aims to generate US$11.1 billion from exports this year, 4.5 per cent higher than 2016, the municipal Department of Industry and Trade has said.To achieve this goal, Hà Nội will continue work on accelerating administrative reforms with special focus on customs, tax and ...
Pioneers prospering in Hà Tĩnh border land
Witnessing it now, one cannot imagine how sterile and deserted the Tây Sơn economic zone in central Hà Tĩnh Province was 14 years ago. Lying among the greenery of rubber, tea and acacia on the Việt Nam-Lào border – some 30km from the Cầu Treo ...
International visitors top expenditure of regional tourists
International tourists have generated a bigger expenditure in the country over regional tourists, even though regional tourist arrivals were 92 percent higher last year. According to a newly released national statistics report from the Tourism Development Department under the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, the ...