Ho Chi Minh City-Brunei direct route re-opens
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Ho Chi Minh City-Brunei direct route re-opens
The Brunei’s national flag carrier Royal Brunei Airlines has announced to reopen direct route from Ho Chi Minh City to Bandar Seri Begawan from October 17.
The new service will be operational with four weekly flights on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, using Airbus A320 and A319 aircrafts. It takes about two hours to fly from Ho Chi Minh City to Brunei.
The return of Brunei’s airlines to Ho Chi Minh City is expected to create more options for holiday-makers and enhance the efficiency of the bilateral partnership for the sake of both countries and their people.
The airline is offering a promotional program on the occasion of the re-opening of the Brunei – Ho Chi Minh air route.
Source: SGGP
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Vietnam, India to open direct air services
Vietnam and India will open direct flights between the two countries this November as part of a Memorandum of Understanding signed by Vietnam Airlines and India’s Jet Airways in Hanoi on Monday.
The MoU was signed by representatives from the two airlines in the presence of President Truong Tan Sang and his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee during a four-day official visit to Vietnam that began Sunday.
“We will be beginning the operations starting November 5 with a direct daily flight connecting Delhi and Mumbai to Ho Chi Minh City,” Indian news agency Press Trust of India quoted Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal as saying after signing the deal.
Mr Goyal said the flights are already accepting bookings, according to PTI.
Under the MoU, Vietnam Airlines and Jet Airways will continue to expand their codeshare cooperation to offer guests more convenient connecting flights between India and Vietnam through the international gateways of Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong via the combined networks of both airlines, Vietnam Airlines said in a release.
In addition, the two airlines also committed to coordinate closely in trade promotion activities to promote direct air services between the two countries.
“””Air services agreement between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Government of the Republic of India signed on November 20th 2013.
Designated airline of Vietnam is Vietnam Airlines. Meanwhile, the Indian government has designated the airline Spice Jet and Jet Airways to operate regular flights to Vietnam.
May 8th 2014, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has granted permission for Jet Airways to operate regular flights from winter schedule 2014/2015 on the route Bangkok-New Delhi- Ho Chi Minh City-Bangkok-New Delhi.
Vietnam Airlines is planning to operate direct flights between the two countries from May 2015.”””
Source: CAAV
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Cuisine from Central Viet Nam
Da Nang is well known for being a lovely tourism destination in Central Viet Nam. The city has all favors from the nature and weather, compared to neighboring localities. Therefore, long ago, citizens from nearby provinces had moved to Da Nang for work, making it now a very multi-cultural city. Hence, cuisines in the city are very diverse. Here is the top list of must-try dishes in Da Nang.
My Quang
My Quang is a traditional dish of the central region. It is a vermicelli dish, with the broth originally cooked with pork, chicken and shrimp, creating that recognizable aromatic scent. It is served with fresh salad and grilled rice papers. In Da Nang, one of the best places to enjoy this traditional dish is My Quang Que, located at 258 Dong Da Street. Here, food is cooked with less oil for health reasons, and salads are absolutely clean. Price is from VND35,000 to VND50,000.
Hue Cuisine
Hue City is located next to Da Nang, but you can taste the best of Hue cuisine in Da Nang at Tran Thi food stall, which is located at 23 Nguyen Huu Canh Street in Da Nang City. The restaurant serves all kinds of Hue traditional rice cakes such as banh beo, banh nam and banh loc. Price is from VND18,000 to VND40,000. Tran Thi food stall is well known by its delicious recipes from a true Hue family. It also impresses customers by the caring and kindness of its services.
Bun Cha Ca
Bun Cha Ca is another vermicelli dish, but the broth is cooked with fish, fish cakes, bamboo shoots and pineapple. Bun Cha Ca is special because only in cities with coastlines can you enjoy the best taste of fresh fish caught from the ocean. The dish is also served with fresh salad. Bun Cha Ca 109 Nguyen Chi Thanh is one of the most common places for diners to try out this special dish from the sea. Price is from VND25,000 to VND35,000. It is well known for its quick service and having the perfect fish cakes in town.
Other than the above, visitors to Da Nang can enjoy other traditional cuisines such as Banh trang thit heo (pork rolled with rice paper and salad) at 4 Le Duan Street. You can also find fresh seafood at various restaurants along the coastline, selling just caught fish, crabs, and shrimps, among others.
Source: VN Tourism
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Kuala Lumpur-Da Nang flights resumed
Malaysia-based budget carrier AirAsia has resumed an air route between Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Da Nang city (Viet Nam), operating four flights per week, starting on August 29.
The first flight with 180 passengers on board arrived at Da Nang international airport at 1.30am on August 29, kick-starting the re-opening of the direct route which had been interrupted for one year.
Danang is AirAsia’s third destination in Viet Nam after Ha Noi and HCM City, raising its total number of flights from Kuala Lumpur to Viet Nam to 21 per week. Airbus A320s will be used for this third direct route.
Commercial Director of AirAsia Spencer Lee said that the airlines decided to resume flights to Da Nang due to an increasing demand of passengers.
AirAsia suspended Kuala Lumpur-Da Nang flights in June 2013.
Source: VOV
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Vietnam to open more direct flights to Cambodia, Singapore
Vietnam’s national air carrier Vietnam Airlines will open direct flights from Phu Quoc Island in southern Kien Giang province to Cambodia and Singapore from November this year, Vietnam’s government portal reported Friday.
Specifically, Vietnam Airlines will operate three flights per week from Phu Quoc to Siem Riep of Cambodia by ATR72 aircraft, and two flights per week from Phu Quoc to Singapore by Airbus 321 aircraft.
Currently, the Phu Quoc International Airport operates two domestic routes and one international route between Phu Quoc and Russia.
Phu Quoc is Vietnam’s largest island and belongs to Kien Giang province, about 1,220 km south of capital Hanoi. Domestic and foreign investors are encouraged to invest in the island, especially its infrastructure and tourism, to make it an attractive resort destination.
From March 2014, Phu Quoc allowed foreign tourists to visit visa-free for a period of up to 30 days.
Source: VNAirlines
