Taxiway to runway

Two models strut the floating runway last Saturday for designer Vu Ngoc & Son. Models Minh Tu and Kim Duyen don outfits from the "Peaceful Sky" collection featuring floral designs around the shoulder and hips. Designer Vu Ngoc Tu said that to build the floating catwalk, the team had to hire local workers with knowledge of the Hoai River's tides and currents to ensure the water only flooded past the models' ankles. The two models then strode along the 150-meter Bach Dang Street. Models Vo Hoang Yen, Tran Tieu Vy, Vu Thu Phuong appear as vedettes with 3D-effect pleat dresses in the second part of the show. Models perform with kites in their hands, reminiscent of playing in the countryside. The first part of the collection consists of a series of monochrome designs. During one part of the show, beauty pageant holder Do Thi Ha and models headed down the runway in colorful dresses … [Read more...] about Catwalk on water: Hoi An river becomes floating runway

The National Assembly has asked the government to step up the implementation of big economic and investment goals for the rest of this decade The National Assembly Economic Committee last week revealed that a hallmark policy enacted at the start of the year has yet to have the intended effect. “All national target programmes and tasks to implement the fiscal and monetary policy in service of the Programme on Socioeconomic Recovery and Development (PSRD) are being deployed slowly and important policies are only now in the stage of drafting guidance and have yet to be put in practice, such as the lending rate support policies for enterprises, and the large-scale programme on providing computers for pupils, among many others,” the committee (NAEC) reported last week. At its first extraordinary session in January, the 15th National Assembly (NA) promulgated Resolution No.43/2022/QH15 on fiscal and monetary policy to support the PSRD for 2022-2023, with an estimated value of $15 … [Read more...] about Fiscal improvements stepped up to stimulate economy

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has proposed Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh approve a VND2.4 trillion (US$103.4 million) fund for the construction of Terminal 2 at Cat Bi International Airport in the northern Vietnamese city of Hai Phong. The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) will take charge of the funding, according to the planning ministry’s proposal. Terminal 2 would have a designed capacity of five million passengers per year and a duration of 50 years. The construction of the project, which also includes some other auxiliary works, is expected to last 18 months from the completion of site clearance that the planning ministry has assigned to the People’s Committee of Hai Phong. Once put into operation, Terminal 2 will be dedicated to domestic passengers while the existing 15,630-square-meter Terminal 1, which is serving both domestic and international services with a capacity of 1,000 passengers per hour and two million people a year, will service … [Read more...] about Construction of $103mn domestic terminal proposed for airport in northern Vietnam

Check out the news you should not miss today: Society --  Some armed men, suspected to be members of a gang, reportedly severed the index and middle fingers of a 12th grader who was returning home in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday night. The victim has been rushed to the hospital for treatment. -- Doctors from the Vietnam – Sweden Hospital in Uong Bi City, Quang Ninh Province, successfully removed a 20cm telephone headset cable from the bladder of a 25-year-old man on Friday who had put it into his own urethra. -- A flight from Malaysia was landing on the runway of Da Nang International Airport then suddenly took off again, causing panic among the passengers. -- Doctors from Ho Chi Minh City Children's Hospital claimed on Friday that they were able to provide prompt treatment for a 2-year-old girl who was strangled by a backpack and almost died while playing in kindergarten. -- Police in Ho Chi Minh City are investigating a case where an armed gang attacked a local eatery … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – June 11

A flight from Malaysia which was about to land on the runway of Da Nang International Airport in the namesake Vietnamese city suddenly took off again, causing panic among the passengers on Friday afternoon. Flight AK648 departed from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 10:30 am and arrived at Da Nang City at 12:15 pm on the day, according to its passengers' accounts. While reaching the runway, the plane floated a little, but did not touch down. Instead, it spooled up to takeoff thrust and quickly climbed away from the runway. The aircraft was back into the air and fly around for more than 15 minutes before the captain conducted another approach and successfully landed it. “When the plane was only about five to ten metes above the ground, it suddenly roared and rocketed into the air again for an unknown reason,” said passenger N.M.V. “The passengers were all shocked because almost no one had experienced such circumstance before.” The plane landed at the beginning of the runway on … [Read more...] about Balked landing worries passengers on flight from Malaysia to central Vietnam

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh (centre) chairs the meeting on June 14. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - To keep Long Thanh International Airport project on schedule, the Government has established an inter-disciplinary working team of officials from the Ministries of Transport, and Construction and a deputy minister of transport will visit the construction site weekly to push the pace of the project. These new measures were announced at a meeting held on June 14 chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh, who is also head of the project's steering committee. Thanh said the steering committee will convene every month to review the progress of the project. Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The said the project was on the right track and must not be delayed any further so that it can go into trial operation in early 2025. Thanh also ordered the People’s Committee of Dong Nai province to complete land clearance and asked the authorities to build road and railway … [Read more...] about Deputy PM urges faster progress of Long Thanh International Airport project

An artist's impression of the proposed Long Thành International Airport in the southern province of Đồng Nai. Photo courtesy of Airports Corporation of Việt Nam (ACV) HÀ NỘI — To keep the Long Thành International Airport project on schedule, the Government has established an inter-disciplinary working team of officials from the transport and construction ministries and a deputy minister of transport will visit the construction site weekly to push the pace of the project. These new measures were announced at a meeting held on Tuesday chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Lê Văn Thành, who is also head of the project's steering committee. Thành said the steering committee will convene every month to review the progress of the project. Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể said the project was on the right track and must not be delayed any further so that it can go into trial operation in early 2025. The deputy prime minister also ordered Đồng Nai’s People’s Committee to complete … [Read more...] about No more time for delays to Long Thành Airport