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Bamboo Airways and leaders of Gia Lai Province signed the co-operation agreement. — VNA/VNS Photo Bamboo Airways and Vietnam Airlines have signed comprehensive cooperation agreements with the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai at the province’s investment promotion conference 2022 held in Pleiku City on Saturday. Accordingly, Bamboo Airways will co-ordinate and support Gia Lai Province to realise important goals, including strengthening the promotion of new direct flights to Gia Lai from key markets and maintaining available routes effectively; research and propose to develop potential international commercial routes to/from Gia Lai and pilot charter flights in the safe adaptation phase. Gia Lai will actively work closely with Bamboo Airways to regularly exchange information on tourism development plans, mechanisms and policies, creating favourable conditions for the airline to operate new routes to Gia Lai, supporting the promotion of tourism products and services as well … [Read more...] about Airlines sign co-operation agreement with Gia Lai Province

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the conference (Photo: VNA) San Francisco - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 17 (local time) attended a Vietnam-US trade, investment and tourism promotion conference themed ‘Rediscovering Vietnam’ in San Francisco. The conference, held by the national carrier Vietnam Airlines and two travel groups – Saigon Tourists and Thien Minh Group – to boost the cooperation between enterprises of the two countries and to introduce Vietnam to US friends and partners. Addressing the event, PM Chinh highlighted the development of the Vietnam-US ties, benefiting both countries and contributing to peace, cooperation and development in the world. The Government leader affirmed that economic, investment, trade and science-education cooperation is an important pillar in the bilateral relationship. In the very challenging year of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, two-way trade still reached 112 billion USD, accounting for nearly … [Read more...] about PM urges US businesses to invest in tourism and trade in Vietnam

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính addressed the conference 'Rediscovering Việt Nam' held in San Francisco on May 17 (US time). — VNA/VNS Photo SAN FRANCISCO — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on May 17 (local time) attended the US-Việt Nam trade, investment, and tourism promotion conference themed ‘Rediscovering Việt Nam’ in San Francisco. The conference, held by the national carrier Vietnam Airlines and two travel groups – Saigontourist Group and Thiên Minh Group – to boost the cooperation between the enterprises of the two countries and to introduce the image of Việt Nam to US friends and partners. Addressing the event, PM Chính stressed Việt Nam’s consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification, multilateralisation, and commitment to be a good friend, a reliable partner, a responsible member of the international community; and the building of an independent and self-reliant economy associated with active, proactive, extensive international integration … [Read more...] about PM urged US businesses to invest in tourism and trade opportunities with Việt Nam after COVID-19

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh addressed the conference 'Rediscovering Viet Nam' held in San Francisco on May 17 (US time). — VNA/VNS Photo Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 17 (local time) attended the US-Viet Nam trade, investment, and tourism promotion conference themed ‘Rediscovering Viet Nam’ in San Francisco. The conference, held by the national carrier Vietnam Airlines and two travel groups – Saigontourist Group and Thien Minh Group – to boost the cooperation between the enterprises of the two countries and to introduce the image of Viet Nam to US friends and partners. Addressing the event, PM Chinh stressed Viet Nam’s consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification, multilateralisation, and commitment to be a good friend, a reliable partner, a responsible member of the international community; and the building of an independent and self-reliant economy associated with active, proactive, extensive international integration with substance and … [Read more...] about PM urged US businesses to invest in tourism and trade opportunities with Viet Nam after COVID-19

The conference, held by the national carrier Vietnam Airlines and two travel groups – Saigon Tourists and Thien Minh Group – to boost the cooperation between enterprises of the two countries and to introduce Vietnam to U.S. friends and partners. Addressing the event, PM Chinh highlighted the development of the Vietnam - U.S. ties, benefiting both countries and contributing to peace, cooperation and development in the world. The Government leader affirmed that economic, investment, trade and science-education cooperation is an important pillar in the bilateral relationship. In the very challenging year of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, two-way trade still reached 112 billion USD, accounting for nearly one-third of the total U.S. - ASEAN trade turnover. The U.S. is Vietnam’s second largest trade partner while Vietnam is the U.S.’ 9th largest, he noted, adding that trade between the two countries has contributed to making Vietnam one of the 20 largest import-export countries … [Read more...] about PM urged U.S. businesses to invest in tourism and trade in Vietnam

Patrick Lenain-Former assistant director Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Pressures on global supply chains are also a key headwind in the recovery. Supply chain disruptions are not new: health precautions imposed over the last two years have already caused major bottlenecks. Major shipping hubs such as Los Angeles and Shanghai have operated with reduced capacity, with long waiting times to get shipments processed across the borders. With the pandemic fading away, congestion in international supply chains has eased a bit since December 2021. In the United States, government agencies have worked with shippers, retailers, and port authorities to speed up the movement of goods. For instance, ships waiting to unload containers in US ports have declined by 35 per cent, thanks to 24/7 operations and large recruitment of workers. However, the lack of US truck drivers has emerged as a new problem. Action was taken to hire 30,000 additional truck drivers, … [Read more...] about Will international stress disrupt Vietnam’s economic recovery?