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The booming aviation sector in Việt Nam needs investment from the private sector to ensure that it has adequate airport infrastructure for continued...
Air transport business requirements amended for newcomers
The Government has issued a new decree, amending air transport business requirements to create favorable conditions for enterprises to penetrate the sector.
Vietnamese aviation market under double pressure
The Vietnamese aviation market grew slowly in the first half of 2019, falling far short of the double-digit average growth in 2013-2018.
Transport Ministry wants to turn ACV into wholly state-owned firm
To acquire 100 percent of shares of the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), the state will have to buy more than 100 million shares at the price of VND79,000 per share.
Poor airport infrastructure hinders Vietnam’s tourism development
VietNamNet Bridge - The overloading at airports and delays of flights could lead to a drop in tourism, experts say.
Developing airports: new playing field for billionaires
VietNamNet Bridge - A series of new airport projects and upgrading of existing airports have been suggested with total investment capital of billions of dollars.
Existing airports left idle, new airports built
VietNamNet Bridge - While many airports in the Mekong Delta are still idle, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) is considering building new ones.
Aviation infrastructure overloaded
VietNamNet Bridge - The overloaded infrastructure is a major reason behind the high percentage of canceled and delayed flights.
Central bank sounds alarm after hackers hit Vietnam Airlines, airports
The State Bank of Vietnam has written to banks, credit institutions
and financial organisations, warning them against hackers a day after
the websites of Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airports and Vietnam Airlines
were hacked.
CAAV’s plan to build airports in northwest raises controversy
VietNamNet Bridge - Aviation experts believe that it would be a waste to spend VND10 trillion to build three airports in the northwest.
Tan Son Nhat Airport grappling with massive Tet migration
The
authority of Tan Son Nhat airport has taken a
host of measures, including using tablets for check-in procedure and
installing more baggage scanners, to cope with a massive human migration
during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet.
Airports to complete disabled access in two years
VietNamNet Bridge – Although the majority of airports in Viet Nam
provide special consideration to disabled passengers, incomplete
infrastructure improvements remain, leaving many difficulties in place
for those seeking basic transport.
Private investors queue up for aviation infrastructure projects
VietNamNet Bridge - The state’s call for investment in infrastructure projects has received an active response from private investors, according to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) report to the Ministry of Transport.
Airports in HCM City, Da Nang eyed for expansion
VietNamNet Bridge – The Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam (CAAV)
has announced changes to the master plan for HCM City-based Tan Son Nhat
Airport.
Indonesia closes five airports as Mount Raung erupts
Five airports in Indonesia have been shut, including in the tourist
hotspot Bali, because of a volcanic eruption, transport officials say.
Investors still awaiting the ‘go-ahead’ for aviation infrastructure projects
VietNamNet Bridge - The government has called for public investment in aviation infrastructure projects, but it has not shown how the investors should approach the projects.
What is luring investors to airport development projects?
VietNamNet Bridge - The natural monopoly that any airport developers can enjoy aamid a fast-growing aviation market have prompted private investors to pour money into airport development.
Airports, highways must be sold to right investors: experts
Many experts have given support to the Ministry of Transport's policy
of selling operation rights of some airports, seaports and highways to
take capital for traffic infrastructure development.
Most airports operate below design capacity in Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has 22 airports but only Noi Bai and Tan
Son Nhat International Airport are operating above their design
capacity, reported the Airports Corporation of Vietnam.
More airports allowed to open VAT refund counters for foreigners
VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved more
international airports and seaports to open counters for value-added tax
(VAT) refunds for the goods foreign passport holders buy in Vietnam and
bring along with them
