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Sydney storms: Hundreds call for help amid flash-flooding

 More than 500 Australians have called for emergency assistance after storms lashed Sydney and nearby regions, causing floods, power cuts and flight delays.

Passenger opens escape door, flight delayed

 VietNamNet Bridge – A male passenger accidentally opened an exit door of Vietnam Airline flight VN319, headed to Da Nang, Vietnam from Narita, Tokyo, during the process of boarding on Monday.

Flight delays, cancellations slightly increase in 11 months

 The numbers of delayed and cancelled flights of domestic carriers were 36,844 and 1,605, accounting for 16.1 percent and 0.7 percent of the total flights, up 0.6 point and 0.2 point, respectively from the same period last year.

Weak operations lead to flight delays and aborts

 VietNamNet Bridge – The committee underlined the reason at a review meeting chaired by the committee’s chairman and Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, for aviation activities in the January-June period in Hanoi

Vietnam's per capita income should be USD7,000: economist

An economist from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said Vietnam's GNI per capital should be USD7,000, but that ineffective management has hindered Vietnam's growth.

Flight delays and aborts may lead to license loss

 Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has warned domestic airlines may lose their licenses if they delay and cancel too many flights without good reasons.