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Malaysia to boost service exports to Vietnam; Travel agents booked solid for Tet; Investors snatch pre-Tet bargains   

It will also invite 70 foreign tourist and media delegations to conduct surveys and promote the image of Vietnam ’s tourism.

The company plans to buy a further 11 aircraft this year. It will also open a new route between Hanoi and Rangoon ( Myanmar ) next month.

At present, Vietnam Airlines has 57 aircraft.

Italian machinery industry seeks opportunities

A seminar on the Italian machinery manufacturing industry’s business and investment opportunities in Vietnam was held in Bologna, central Italy, from February 11-12.

The seminar, co-organised by the Italian Employers’ Federation (Confindustria) in Emilia Romagna and Vietnamese Embassy in Italy, aimed to create conditions for machinery manufacturers in Italy in general and Emilia Romagna region in particular to get more access to information on market demand and strengthen cooperation with Vietnamese partners.

Speaking at the seminar, Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Dang Khanh Thoai highlighted Vietnam ’s investment attraction policy and the country’s large demand for the manufacturing industry, which plays an important role in the national industrialisation and modernisation process.

Thoai expressed his wish that Italian businesses will cooperate with Vietnamese partners in training high-quality workers as well as exchange production and management experiences. He said he hoped that Italian investors will participate in bids for Vietnam ’s large-scale industrial projects in the coming time.

The machinery manufacturing industry is one of the strengths of Emilia Romagna region, which boasts more than 13,000 small- and medium-sized enterprises operating in this field.

Italy ’s investment in Vietnam remains modest with 43 projects capitalised 162 million USD, ranking 33 rd among countries and territories investing in the country.

Supertanker carries oil to Van Phong Bay for first time

A new Vietnamese-registered supertanker on February 11 carrying nearly 100,000 tonnes of diesel fuel docked at Van Phong Bay in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa.

This is the Van Phong I’s first delivery to the Bay. The ship represents a US$47 million investment by the Vietnam National Petroleum Corporation.

The Vice Chairman of the Khanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee, Le Xuan Than, visited and congratulated the Van Phong I’s captain and crew and presented Tet gifts to them.

Soon, the Van Phong I will return to Kuwait to pick up a second shipment of oil and is scheduled to dock at Van Phong Bay again in early April.

Nine more oil shipments to Van Phong Bay are scheduled for this year, paying about VND2,500 billion to the state budget.

Local company exports ‘UFO’ toys to Japan

Tosy Robotics Joint Stock Company will ship the first container of 5,000 ‘unidentified flying object’ toys to Japan.

The company signed a contract worth US$400,000 to export 100,000 toys of this kind to its partners, Takara Tomy, which is Japan’s largest toy company.

Tosy Robotics has also been contracted to export a total of 700,000 UFO products to other countries this year, including the US, Germany and Japan. 

VietNamNet/VNA, VOV

Tags: The Van Phong, This Year, Van Phong, Van Phong Bay, Physics games

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