Three employees have been fined for letting a foreign passenger board the wrong flight at a major airport in Ho Chi Minh City this month. The chief steward of flight VN651, operated by national carrier Vietnam Airlines, and two staff members of the Vietnam Airport Ground Services Company (VIAGS) have been fined VND4 million (US$176) each for their error, the Civil Aviation Authority confirmed on Tuesday. Flight VN651 was scheduled to leave Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City for Singapore at 9:10 am on February 20. The VIAGS was in charge of performing passenger checks at the departure gates of Vietnam Airlines’ flights. Due to their carelessness, a foreign passenger, who was supposed to travel to Yangon, Myanmar that morning, was allowed to get on the aircraft of flight VN651. The foreign passenger exits the wrong plane before it took off at Tan Son Nhat International Airport on February 20, 2018. Photo: Tuoi Tre The error was discovered just a … [Read more...] about Three fined for letting passenger board wrong flight in Ho Chi Minh City
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Human remains, artifacts found at airport excavation in Ho Chi Minh City
Multiple artifacts and fragments of human bone have been found during an ongoing excavation at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, where a possible mass grave site is said to contain the remains of hundreds of Vietnamese soldiers killed during wartime. The first signs of human remains were found on Monday, four days after the first sod was turned at the southern airport in search of the mass grave. Artifacts such as shirts, backpacks, parachute fabric, belts and leather wallets were discovered at around noon at the excavation site to the west of the airport, according to Major General Tran Huu Tai, deputy political commissar of Vietnam’s 7th Military Region. Shortly after discovering the artifacts, members of the search team also found bone fragments suspected to belong to Vietnamese revolutionary soldiers who were killed during the Tet Offensive of 1968. The Tet Offensive was a military … [Read more...] about Human remains, artifacts found at airport excavation in Ho Chi Minh City
Delivery man ‘takes shortcut’ through airport apron in Ho Chi Minh City
After delivering paint to a military unit at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday, a courier decided to take a shortcut through the airport's restricted zone on his way out, local newspaper Nguoi Lao Dong reported. After delivering paint to a military unit at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday, a courier decided to take a shortcut through the airport's restricted zone on his way out, local newspaper Nguoi Lao Dong reported. Footage of the renegade delivery man was posted to Facebook on Thursday, but has since been removed by the uploader. Local newspaper Nguoi Lao Dong confirmed from an unnamed source that the incident did in fact occur, asserting that authorities were considering it a serious breach of aviation safety regulations. According to the source, the man had been hired by a military unit stationed inside the airport to deliver paint for a renovation project. The shipper, driving a motorbike, had been escorted … [Read more...] about Delivery man ‘takes shortcut’ through airport apron in Ho Chi Minh City
Talk on Dong Nai real estate kicks off in Ho Chi Minh City
The on-going talk, named “Dong Nai Real Estate Market: Opportunities and Challenges,” includes presentations and panel discussions from leading experts in the property sector. Representatives are hailing from the Dong Nai Department of Construction, Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association, government agencies, leading law firms, and property companies.VIR and Eximrs are co-organisers of the event. The talk is live-streamed on VIR’s sister publicationswww.baodautu,vn and www.tinnhanhchungkhoan.vnParticipants at the talk highlighted the fact that Dong Nai province, covering an area of 5,900 square metres, is situated right next to the bustling Ho Chi Minh City. The province also enjoys a well-connected traffic system to Southern Vietnam, making it one of the most popular destinations for real estate investment.Dong Nai recently emerged back in the spotlight thanks to the Long Thanh International Airport project, which is slated to complement Tan Son … [Read more...] about Talk on Dong Nai real estate kicks off in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam to upgrade overstretched airport in Ho Chi Minh City
Plans have been tabled to expand the country's busiest airport. Director General of the Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) Lai Xuan Thanh has proposed a plan to build a new terminal at Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. The expansion will increase the airport's capacity by 30 percent to 40 million passengers a year. The airport has been stretched beyond its 25 million capacity and is expected to handle 31 million passengers this year, Thanh said at a meeting attended by Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on Thursday. The airport, designed to handle both domestic and international flights, has become increasingly overloaded. Aviation authorities have had no choice but to cut the number of arrivals and departures to 38-40 flights per hour from the previous 40-42, said Thanh. They have even turned to a nearby military base to ask if it can accommodate passenger flights. The Ministry of Defence is expected to make a final decision on the request next Saturday. The aviation … [Read more...] about Vietnam to upgrade overstretched airport in Ho Chi Minh City