The Noi Bai International Airport said more than 27,000 passengers entered and left Hanoi on 299 flights via the airport in the first three days of the New Year.
Despite drizzle and cold weather, 31,000 visitors, including 7,200 foreigners, visited relics in the former imperial city of Hue during the first three days of the Lunar New Year (Jan. 23-25).
Managing tight monetary and financial policies to reign in inflation remained a key task for 2012, Minister of Finance Vuong Dinh Hue has said.
The HCM Stock Exchange issued detailed guidelines late last week for a new benchmark index – the 30 VN – and a committee was formed to govern the index.
The government has required the State Bank of Vietnam to ensure its draft decree on gold trading with the State’s monopoly on gold bullion production as well as the export and import of gold material for production, according to a resolution issued at the government’s monthly meeting in December.
Ho Chi Minh City continue to lead the country in industrial production in 2011 with a value of nearly 740 trillion VND.
Export restructuring will continue in HCM City until 2015, with an emphasis on more service exports, according to officials speaking at a seminar held in HCM City on Jan. 6.
Developing and upgrading three- to five-star hotel projects will be one of the major focuses of the Saigontourist Holding Co., in the next few years, senior officials said at a company meeting last week.
The Vietnamese dong has increased its attractiveness as a result of the State Bank of Vietnam ’s monetary policies, SBV Governor Nguyen Van Binh said.
Around 80,000 tourists in Ho Chi Minh City and neighbouring provinces went abroad through Tan Son Nhat International Airport Minh City to enjoy their lunar New Year holiday, representing a year-on-year increase of 20 percent.
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