Vietnam Airlines cancels 30 flights due to downpours

HCMC – Vietnam Airlines on Monday said that torrential rains in central Vietnam in the past days had forced it to cancel at least 30 flights to Vinh and Chu Lai, but it pledged more flights than usual soon to transport stranded passengers.

The national flag air carrier aborted 28 services to and from Vinh City and two from and to Chu Lai in Quang Nam Province from October 15 to 18. Meanwhile, Jetstar Pacific said it had to divert two flights from Tan Son Nhat Airport to Noi Bai Airport instead of landing in Vinh on October 17 and 18.

Vietnam Airlines conducted two flights from Vinh to HCMC on Monday, using Airbus A321, and plans four services out of its normal schedule between the central city and HCMC on Tuesday.

The carrier plans to resume six daily flights between HCMC and Vinh and two daily services between Hanoi and Vinh as usual from Tuesday. Vietnam Airlines said it had prepared for Typhoon Megi, which is forecast to reach the Eastern Sea on Tuesday afternoon and may affect the flights bound for central Vietnam.

The carrier called for passengers to check the latest information about its flights to the region on its website at www.vietnamairlines.com and booking offices.

Jetstar Pacific told the Daily that it was keeping itself abreast of developments of Super Storm Megi in order to have proper plans to operate its flights to central Vietnam and mitigate impact on passengers.

Vietnam’s civil aviation regulations clarify flight cancellations due to storms are unavoidable so airlines do not have to pay compensation for affected passengers. Airlines often help passengers travel by road to their planned destinations if they have to divert their planes to a new destination because of bad weather.

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Thermal power plant dedicated

TRA VINH — Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong attended the ground-breaking ceremony yesterday for Tra Vinh Province's Duyen Hai 1 Thermal Power Plant, which he believed would play an integral role in ensuring the country's power demand for socio-economic development by 2015.

Trong, speaking at the ceremony, affirmed that the plant's construction was encouraging for the development of the southwestern region and for investments in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta area.

The Electricity of Viet Nam Group (EVN), which invested US$1.57 billion in the plant, and the contractor, Dongfang Electric Power Corporation (China), were asked to carry out their commitments, ensure rapid construction and engage in only environmentally-sound practices.

The plant offers a total installed capacity of 1,245MW, with an average output power from 7.5 to 8 billion kWh per year, using coal fuel and thermal power technology consistent with Viet Nam's antraxit coal. The plant will also meet all criteria regarding productivity, stability, safety and environmental protection.

According to Trong, by 2010's close, the Government will invest in the construction of Co Chien Bridge, which would link Ben Tre and Tra Vinh provinces, in order to facilitate further development of the region. The bridge is expected to be finished within in three years.

The EVN launched three other projects this year, including Nghi Son Oil Refinery, Song Bung 2 Hydropower Project and Vinh Tan 2 Thermal Power Plant. —VNS

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Tra Vinh has new thermo-electric power plant

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong on Sept. 19 issued an order to
build the Duyen Hai 1 thermo-electric power plant in the Mekong delta
province of Tra Vinh.

At the ground-breaking ceremony, Deputy PM Trong emphasised the significance of the project in socio-economic development.

The plant is part of the power centre which is expected to help boost
regional socio-economic development and attract more investors to Tra
Vinh province and the Mekong delta region as a whole, he said.

The deputy PM assigned the project’s investor, EVN, to ensure the
construction pace and asked local authorities to speed up site clearance
and pay attention to the living conditions of local people, especially
ethnic Khmer people.

He also said the Government
will build the Co Chien bridge in Tra Vinh province at the end of the
year and the construction of the bridge is expected to last for three
years.

Chairman of the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN)
Dao Van Hung said that this is one of three plants of the Duyen Hai
Power Centre which has a combined capacity of almost 4,500 MW and a
combined investment of around 5 billion USD.

The
1,245MW plant has an investment capital of 1.57 billion USD, of which 85
percent is sourced from the Import-Export Bank of China.

The first turbine of the plant is expected to be operational in September 2014 and the second two months later.

The plant will consume around 3.5 million tonnes of anthracite to produce around 7.2 billion kWh per year./.

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Plastic firm to build fourth plant in Vinh Loc 2 IP

Representatives of Binh Minh Plastics Joint Stock Co. and Vinh Loc-Ben Luc Co. Industrial Park Construction and Investment Joint Stock Co. sign an agreement for the plastics firm to build its fourth factory in Vinh Loc 2 Industrial Park - Photo: Nhan Tam

HCMC - Binh Minh Plastics Joint Stock Co., or Bmplasco, on Monday initialed a contract with Vinh Loc-Ben Luc Industrial Park Construction and Investment JS Co. to build its fourth plastics plant in Vinh Loc 2 Industrial Park (IP) in  Long An Province.

Le Quang Doanh, chairman cum CEO of Bmplasco, said at the signing ceremony that the plant would cover 15.5 hectares and is capitalized at over VND400 billion. It should be put into operation in 2013.

“This would be the company’s biggest plant with modern technology,” Doanh said, adding that the company commits to clean manufacturing with a defined strategy to become the leader of plastic pipes and fittings producer in Vietnam.

Nguyen Gia Thu, CEO of the industrial park developer, touted the 600-hectare park as an ideal venue for manufacturers as it is more traffic accessible from National Highway 1A and the HCMC-Trung Luong expressway. It is also near Bourbon Port.

Besides, the park, which targets green and clean manufacturers, has completed infrastructure system, modern facilities, professional employees and high-quality standards. The park whose first phase of 260 hectares was put into operation early this year has so far attracted 11 investors.

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Plastic firm to build fourth plant in Vinh Loc 2 IP

Representatives of Binh Minh Plastics Joint Stock Co. and Vinh Loc-Ben Luc Co. Industrial Park Construction and Investment Joint Stock Co. sign an agreement for the plastics firm to build its fourth factory in Vinh Loc 2 Industrial Park - Photo: Nhan Tam

HCMC - Binh Minh Plastics Joint Stock Co., or Bmplasco, on Monday initialed a contract with Vinh Loc-Ben Luc Industrial Park Construction and Investment JS Co. to build its fourth plastics plant in Vinh Loc 2 Industrial Park (IP) in  Long An Province.

Le Quang Doanh, chairman cum CEO of Bmplasco, said at the signing ceremony that the plant would cover 15.5 hectares and is capitalized at over VND400 billion. It should be put into operation in 2013.

“This would be the company’s biggest plant with modern technology,” Doanh said, adding that the company commits to clean manufacturing with a defined strategy to become the leader of plastic pipes and fittings producer in Vietnam.

Nguyen Gia Thu, CEO of the industrial park developer, touted the 600-hectare park as an ideal venue for manufacturers as it is more traffic accessible from National Highway 1A and the HCMC-Trung Luong expressway. It is also near Bourbon Port.

Besides, the park, which targets green and clean manufacturers, has completed infrastructure system, modern facilities, professional employees and high-quality standards. The park whose first phase of 260 hectares was put into operation early this year has so far attracted 11 investors.

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PM urges industrialization of agriculture in Vinh Long

Photo: Tuoi Tre

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long to speed up economic restructuring by focusing on industrial development, while tapping agricultural strengths.

The Government leader gave the advice during his working session with the provincial administration on Monday. He said Vinh Long should cash in on its temperate climate and fertile land which is ideal for fruit specialties such as grapefruit and freshwater products like tra and basa fish.

He asked provincial authorities to work out policies in favor of agricultural production on an industrial scale in harmony with rural development and improvement of farmers’ living conditions.

Dung called on the province to increase GDP growth to over 13 percent annually in the next five years from 11.19 percent in the 2006-10 period and per-capita incomes to US$1,850 by 2015 from $1,000 at present.

The poverty rate should drop by two percent in each of the next five years while all industrial and medical facilities should have their waste collected and properly treated.

All this should be done in an effort to join the national industrialization and modernization cause, the Government leader emphasized.

In this regard, Prime Minister Dung and provincial leaders shared a view on intensifying investment in traffic infrastructure, irrigation projects, healthcare, education, rural vocational training and employment promotion.

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PM urges industrialisation of agriculture in Vinh Long

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on the Mekong Delta province
of Vinh Long to speed up economic restructuring by focusing on
industrial development, while tapping agricultural strengths.

The Government leader gave the advice during his working session with
the provincial administration on September 6. He said Vinh Long should
cash in on its temperate climate and fertile land which is ideal for
fruit specialties such as grapefruit and freshwater products like Tra
and Basa fish.

He asked provincial authorities to work
out policies in favour of agricultural production on an industrial
scale in harmony with rural development and improvement of farmers’
living conditions.

Dung called on the province to
increase GDP growth to over 13 percent annually in the next five years
from 11.19 percent in the 2006-10 period and per-capita incomes to 1,850
USD by 2015 from 1,000 USD at present.

The poverty
rate should drop by two percent in each of the next five years while all
industrial and medical facilities should have their waste collected and
properly treated.

All this should be done in an
effort to join the national industrialisation and modernisation cause,
the Government leader emphasised.

In this regard,
Prime Minister Dung and provincial leaders shared a view on intensifying
investment in traffic infrastructure, irrigation projects, healthcare,
education, rural vocational training and employment promotion./.

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