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  The first private airline licensed in Vietnam four years ago officially joined the market Friday, introducing itself as a low-cost carrier.   With its “Save more, fly more” slogan, VietJetAir aims to make air transport accessible to all Vietnamese and foreign tourists including low-income...

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  Seventy thousand low-income households will receive low-cost houses this year as a series of projects are completed, says  Nguyen Tran Nam, deputy minister of Construction. Nam said many low-cost house projects had begun construction since 2009 and new ones this year will provide homes to 70,000 families...

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A worker carrying bricks at a construction site in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Low-cost labor has for long been considered one of the best advantages that Vietnam has in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). However, we have reached a stage when it is becoming a disadvantage, both for our workers and the economy that...

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VnnNews – The real estate market remains gloomy, which explains why even low-cost apartments are selling very slowly at this moment. VietNamNet Bridge – The real estate market remains gloomy, which explains why even low-cost apartments are selling very slowly at this moment.   Hanoi witnessing low-cost apartment fever Foreign...

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VnnNews – Though VNAT has called on tour operators to cut prices, it isn’t giving them substantial support. Fiditour staff market tours to clients Tourism promotion in 2010 needs close co-operation and associationVietnam’s tourism promotion program to be extendedDa Nang, Hue, Hoi An get fifteen minutes of fame The...

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VnnNews – Travel firms are making every effort to find low-cost air tickets, the most important factor in keeping tour fees low and attracting travelers. Vietnam Airlines (VA) announced it would offer low-cost air tickets on certain days, except peak travel days like the Hung King death anniversary, Liberation Day travel (April 22-May...

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Asia’s largest low-cost airline group AirAsia is jumping hurdles on the path to investing in VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Co. (VietJet Air) to help this local carrier operate . . . Local media reported that Vietnam Airlines had appealed to the Prime Minister not to endorse AirAsia’s investment in VietJet Air under any form with...

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VnnNews – The hope to own a home in Hanoi is just a far-away dream for many young people. Xuan Bach, a media executive at a well known company, has been searching to buy a home for the last several years, but he still cannot buy anything. Bach is now living in a rented room in Hoang Mai district and pays one million in rent.  With...

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VnnNews – Travel firms offer a lot of low cost tours under tourism promotion programmes, but they come with strings attached. The director of a travel firm in the north told VietNamNet that at the Yen Tu and Huong Pagodas, he heard a lot of people speaking with a southern accent. Trip packages multiply Discounted air tickets...

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