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The Management Authority for Urban Railways of Ho Chi Minh City yesterday said that based on the appraisement results of the ministries and agencies related to capital sources and capital balance ability in November 2019, the Municipal People’s Committee approved the adjustment of the total investment of the project, including the adjustment of loan structure of the sponsors. Accordingly, the current loan from ADB will be paid in December, 2020 as per schedule after a part of pre-mature capital is canceled.   … [Read more...] about ADB expected to provide $1 billion loan for Ben Thanh –Tham Luong metro route

Accordingly, there will be eight flights per week in total, four linking with Japan and another four with the RoK. All passengers boarding those flights to Vietnam will be subject to mandatory 14-day quarantine to prevent COVID-19 transmission, he noted. The Ministry of Transport is set to have a meeting on September 1 with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National Defence, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to discuss the resumption of international air routes in detail, especially the quarantine of passengers. Before the resurgence of COVID-19 in late July, the Transport Ministry had proposed commercial international air routes be reopened on August 1. Facing the latest outbreak, air travel demand in the country has dropped sharply. The International Civil Aviation Organisation forecast it would take until 2024 for the world’s aviation industry to recover their business to the 2019 level. Vietnamese airlines are … [Read more...] about Vietnam to reopen air routes to RoK, Japan on September 15

It will be shipped from France to the northern port city of Hai Phong and displayed at S1 station in Nhon, 15 kilometers from the city downtown, for the public to see, according to the Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Management Board (MRB). … [Read more...] about Train for Hanoi’s 2nd metro route to arrive next month

Particularly, Ho Chi Minh City - Guangzhou route is expected to resume with a frequency of one weekly flight. Vietnam Airlines and Pacific Airlines are in charge of performing flexibly the route via Boeing 787 aircraft. The return flight will be exploited by Airbus 320 aircraft with a maximum of 200 seats.   The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam also proposed to reopen flights linking Hanoi/ Ho Chi Minh City and Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (RoK), Teipei (China), Laos and Cambodia with a frequency of one flight per week. … [Read more...] about International air routes proposed to resume from September 15

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam has drafted a plan to reopen flight routes to China, Japan, South Korea, Laos and Cambodia. The HCM City-Guangzhou return flight will operate once a week. Vietnam Airlines and Pacific Airlines will work on this route with the 343-seat Boeing 787. Chinese authorities will assign their airlines to use the 200-seat Airbus A320. It is estimated that up to 540 people will be quarantined in HCM City each week. Vietnam Airlines and Pacific Airlines will use the Boeing 787 for the flight on HCM City-Taipei route while the Hanoi-Taipei route will be operated by budget airline Vietjet using Airbus A320. Quarantine centres in Hanoi will receive a maximum of 620 people each week and HCM City facilities will receive 700 people each week. There will be a weekly return flight on the Hanoi-Tokyo route. Vietnam Airlines and Pacific Airlines can use the Boeing 787 on this route and Vietjet Air can use the Airbus 320 on HCM City-Tokyo route. Quarantine … [Read more...] about Vietnam to reopen six international flight routes