The Sai Gon Railway Company has begun selling 80,000 online train tickets for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday. Around 20 trains, each including 17 carriages, will be used every day to serve customers during the season, according to the company's deputy director Dinh Van Sang. To prevent crashes at the website www.vetau.com.vn, or at crowded ticket boxes, the railway will sell tickets at different times for different destinations. The company will also offer 38,000 tickets to serve retail customers. Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Sai Gon) Job training for women in remote areas The Japanese Government will launch a US$200,000 project to build and upgrade a vocational training centre that serves women who live in remote areas, including Gia Lai, one of the country's poorest provinces. The centre will work under the province's Women Union, providing short - and long-term courses in different fields. A primary school in Duc Co District will also be upgraded. Thoi bao Kinh te … [Read more...] about Sai Gon Railway sells online tickets for Tet
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Sai Gon Tiep Thi business as usual after Saigon Times gets publishing license
Sai Gon Tiep Thi business as usual after Saigon Times gets publishing license Nguyen Vu By Nguyen Vu - The Saigon Times Daily The front page of the first issue of Sai Gon Tiep Thi’s new edition HCMC – A new edition of Sai Gon Tiep Thi, a newspaper which has a prime focus on Vietnamese consumers and consumer markets, hit the newsstands this Monday after the old edition was shut down last Friday, meaning there is no interruption of its publication. The Ministry of Information and Communications on February 26, 2014 withdrew the license for the old edition of Sai Gon Tiep Thi at the request of the Investment and Trade Promotion Center of HCMC, the city government’s administering agency of the newspaper. The license withdrawal decision makes clear: “The administering agency requested stopping the operation of the newspaper over financial distress.” That explains why Saigon Times Group is tasked with continuing publication of Sai Gon Tiep Thi, … [Read more...] about Sai Gon Tiep Thi business as usual after Saigon Times gets publishing license
Potters hope for cracks in the downturn
The global economic crisis is biting hard on every aspect of Vietnam’s economy; and in the Mekong Delta’s Vinh Long Province where the traditional craft of pottery making reins supreme, the bite marks are life-threatening. But some local potters say they can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Only a few years ago, business was booming in Vinh Long; ensuring the southern province a place as one of the country's biggest traditional ceramics producers. Known for its production of bricks and tiles, rooted in techniques which are over a century old, the industry really began to take off about a decade ago as potters sought to hold off increased competition from enamel tile-makers. Pottery from the craft village became popular for its rich rustic tones, the result of the region’s red clay soil; and were exported to the U.S., Europe, Australia, South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong. In its prime, the village sent 50 million to 60 million products overseas, fetching … [Read more...] about Potters hope for cracks in the downturn
Travel firms call for wharf to boost river tourism
Ho Chi Minh City tourism authorities are considering a plan to develop river tourism between HCMC, the Mekong Delta, and Cambodia but travel companies first want them to build a wharf exclusively for tourism. The city Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism is planning to do a survey on a new river tour from next month that will allow visitors to cruise from HCMC through the Mekong Delta province of An Giang to Cambodia. The department sees considerable potential in this after surveying two intra-city routes from BachDangWharf to the Nha Be Confluence and Tau Hu Canal. The tour operators hailed the proposal but pointed to the lack of a wharf for tourist boats. There are 20 tourist boats, floating restaurants, and canoes operating from Bach Dang, which is not a tourist wharf, in District 1, Thoi Bao Kinh Te Sai Gon Online (Saigon Economic Times Online) reported. They can dock there to pick up passengers but cannot anchor there for long due to the limited space. The wharf also … [Read more...] about Travel firms call for wharf to boost river tourism
SGT cooperates with AutoTrader to supply vehicle info
SGT cooperates with AutoTrader to supply vehicle info By Tien Giang - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – The auto section thesaigontimes.vn/oto under Thoi Bao Kinh Te Sai Gon Online has signed a cooperation agreement with AutoTrader.com.vn, an online channel specializing in online vehicles trading belonging to Yeu The Thao Company. According to the deal, the content involving car and motorbike sales and services will appear on the auto webpage of Thoi Bao Kinh Te Sai Gon Online. In return, news about new vehicles, experiments and the market will show up on AutoTrader.com.vn as well as other products of Yeu The Thao Co. AutoTrader.com.vn is well-known for programs such as “Exchange old cars for new ones” and “V.I.P. for a day”. With its cooperation with Thoi Bao Kinh Te Sai Gon Online, consumers will be provided with useful information about the online vehicle sale programs organized by both parties in the coming time. … [Read more...] about SGT cooperates with AutoTrader to supply vehicle info