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Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia May 4

 

Array of health facilities granted permission to conduct COVID-19 tests

 

Cambodian passenger forgets valuable diamond items on flight

A Cambodian passenger has had a bag containing valuable items which were left on a Vietnam Airlines flight returned.

Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific adjust flight schedules due to storm

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and Jetstar Pacific on November 10 announced that they will adjust schedules of fights from/to Phu Yen, Quy Nhon, Nha Trang and Pleiku on November 10 due to storm Nakri.

Brazil police pull U.S. swimmers from flight in robbery probe

 Brazilian police stopped three U.S. Olympic swimmers from boarding a flight home on Wednesday to question them about inconsistencies in their accounts of being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro,

EgyptAir says flight from Paris to Cairo missing with 66 on board

 An EgyptAir flight carrying 66 passengers and crew on a flight from Paris to Cairo went missing on Thursday, disappearing from radar over the Mediterranean Sea,

Flight delays on the rise

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many passengers are complaining about delayed flights while carriers and authorities are attempting to claim they are not responsible for the problems.

Passengers of canceled flights to get higher compensation

CAAV is drafting a circular intended to increase compensation amounts that airlines will have to pay for passengers affected by their flight delays and cancellations,

Flight delays to be investigated

 VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has urged the Civil Aviation Administration of Viet Nam (CAAV) to find out why there have been so many cancelled and delayed flights this year. The incidents are reportedly on the rise.

VietJet aircraft aborts flight over disruptive passenger

 VietNamNet Bridge – An aircraft of the private carrier VietJet Air that was on the runway had to return to its parking site because of a female passenger’s disruptive behavior. This is the first case of its kind reported in Vietnam so far.

Ho Chi Minh City eyes direct flights to Yokohama

 Ho Chi Minh City and Japan’s Yokohama are working to establish a direct air link that serves the increase number of business travellers.

Da Nang, Hoi An receive “2013 Asian Townscape Award”

 Central Da Nang city and Hoi An town (Quang Nam province) have recently been chosen for the 2013 Asian Townscape Award by UN-Habitat Regional Office in Asia.

Airlines fight over qualified workers in aviation boom time

 VietNamNet Bridge – Air carriers, who have been scrambling for pilots and stewardesses all the time, have begun a new struggle to lure technical officers.

Man pisses on a woman on a flight to HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge - On a flight of an international airline to Tan Son Nhat airport on November 3, a drunk male passenger "passed water" on a female passenger because he thought she was ... the toilet.

Vietnam Airlines aircraft free falls for 122m

 VietNamNet Bridge - The incident occurred with the flight from Bangkok to Hanoi on August 6, scattering the entire luggage and belongings in the cabin, one passenger had leg pain and two attendants were dazed.

TRAVEL IN BRIEF 5/7

 Jetstar adds flights to Da Nang; Vietnamese caravan begins off-road trip to Tibet and Mount Everest; Da Nang, Nha Trang popular; Hue sets next target

Da Nang airport’s employee returns VND250 million

When an aircraft of Vietnam Airlines landed, the captain of a flight serving team picked up a wallet with about VND250 million inside. He returned the money to the passenger who lost the wallet.

Vietnam Airlines rejects information on aircraft fire

An incident occurred 30 minutes after an aircraft of Vietnam Airlines took off from the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City but it was not a fire, Mr. Pham Ngoc Minh - CEO of Vietnam Airlines told VietNamNet.

Air Mekong suspends flights from March 2013

VietNamNet Bridge - For the reason of restructuring its fleet and personnel, Air Mekong is going to stop its flights from March 1, 2013.