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A flight zone worker watches a Vietnam Airlines plane landing on the runway 25R/07L at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, January 10, 2021. Photo: Cong Trung / Tuoi Tre
A lightning strike damaged one of the runways at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday afternoon, but causing no delays thanks to swift repair and coordination.
During the rain at about 3:30 pm in the same afternoon, lightning struck two locations on the runway 25R/07L, resulting in one damaged surface with a diameter of 25 centimeters and depth of five centimeters and the other with a diameter of 15 centimeters and depth of three centimeters, according to the airport authority.
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Prime Minister to attend ASEAN leaders’ meeting
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to an ASEAN leaders’ meeting to be held at the headquarters of the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia from April 23-24.
The attendance will be made at the invitation of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei, which serves as the current ASEAN Chair, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs./.
HCMC contact tracers search for people linked to illegal immigrants
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Vietnamese firms have chance to reach out to Halal market
Global demand for Halal product is increasing. (Photo: halalvietnam.vn)
Vietnamese food processors have opportunities to tap into the billion-USD Halal market when attending a hybrid exhibition on Halal products and processed food scheduled in late May in Singapore.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in Vietnam estimated that the Halal market is growing rapidly, with Muslim consumers worldwide spending 1.4 trillion USD on Halal food, and the figure expected to be ten times higher in 2050.
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Pandemic grounds 39 Vietnam aircraft
By Dat Nguyen April 20, 2021 | 08:35 am GMT+7
An aircraft seen at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi. Photo by Shutterstock/Milkovasa.
Vietnam had 39 aircraft, or over 14 percent of its fleet, grounded in the first quarter after a new Covid-19 outbreak cut travel demand.
Eighteen of the grounded aircraft belonged to national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, 14 to budget carrier Vietjet, four to Pacific Airlines and three to Bamboo Airways, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Vietnam’s fleet of 269 aircraft is 13 more than it had last year.
The country closed the borders and canceled all international flights in March last year, allowing in only certain categories of people with stringent conditions.