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Ho Chi Minh City – Can Tho – Phu Quoc air route opened

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Written by Nguyen Quoc Thiet Monday, 29 March 2010 19:28

Ho Chi Minh City – Can Tho – Phu Quoc air route openedNhan Dan – The Vietnam Airlines launched its first air route from Ho Chi Minh City to the Mekong delta city of Can Tho and the Phu Quoc island on March 28 at the Can Tho international airport.

Vietnam Airlines will offer passengers five flights a week, on every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday, using the ATR-72 plane.

The new route will help create favourable conditions for trade promotion and meet the travelling demand of the Mekong delta’s residents.

It will also shorten the flight distance between the Mekong delta region and other domestic and international regions.

On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the liberation of South Vietnam and the new route opening, Vietnam Airlines offers passengers with a discount price of VND 304,000 (US$ 18) for each route from Ho Chi Minh City to Can Tho, Can Tho to Phu Quoc and vice versa from March 28 to May 30.

NhanDan Online

 

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Vietnamese expat returns, gives back to homeland

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Written by Nguyen Quoc Thiet Monday, 29 March 2010 19:23

Elizabeth Bich Lien Vo
Elizabeth Bich Lien Vo
Elizabeth Bich Lien Vo, Princess Asian-USA 2006, came back to her native province of Kien Giang on November 9 for a 2-day visit and donated thousands of dollars to charity work.

In Phu Quoc District, her birth-place, she gave $10,000 for 2 classrooms to be built and another $2,000 for the building of 4 houses for very poor people.

In Giong Rieng District, she offered VND40 million (around $2,487) for the construction of a concrete bridge and paid for 2 houses to be built for poor people.

Vo gave another $10,000 to support the restoration of the Temple of Hero Nguyen Trung Truc in Kien Giang’s Phu Quoc District and the renovation of Ba Chua Xu Temple in Chau Doc Town of An Giang Province.

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Vietnam Airlines offers new route discounts

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Written by Nguyen Quoc Thiet Thursday, 25 March 2010 15:36

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will launch flights from HCM City to Can Tho City and Phu Quoc Island from March 28.

The new route will be serviced by five flights per week with 65-seat AT7 planes.

On the occasion of opening the new route, the airline is offering a discount from March 28 to May 30 (excluding the period from April 28 to May 5), with a one-way ticket from HCM City to Phu Quoc priced at 304,000 VND./.

Vietnamplus

   

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US$ 356.8 million to build thermo-electric plant in Phu Quoc

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Written by Nguyen Quoc Thiet Thursday, 25 March 2010 15:35

The government has agreed to a thermo-electricity plant with an annual capacity 200 MW in the island district of Phu Quoc, according to the People’s Committee of the southern province of Kien Giang.

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Phu Quoc selected as Vietnam’s top tourist destination

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Written by Nguyen Quoc Thiet Monday, 22 March 2010 17:44

Phu Quoc Island has taken pole position in a list of Vietnam’s top ten domestic tourist destinations, according to the results of the ‘Best Brands of Vietnam 2008-2009’ campaign.

The campaign, which ran from Sept. 2008 to Jan. this year, was organised by  the Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper and the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and included a wide range of sectors, from commerce to transport and insurance agencies.

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