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Vietnam’s airlines transport nearly 55 million passengers this year

Vietnam’s airlines have so far this year transported 54.7 million passengers and 435,000 tonnes of cargo, respectively 11.4 percent and 7.6 percent higher than the figures last year.

Vietjet launches air cargo service

VietNamNet Bridge -– Low-cost airline Vietjet Air today introduced its affiliate company, Vietjet Air Cargo, which will provide global air-cargo transport services.

Foreign shipping firms preferred over local counterparts

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign shipping agents are preferred over Vietnamese agents and the country’s fleet of 1,700 vessels, a report from the Vietnam Maritime Bureau (Vinamarine) shows.

Freight increase puts shippers on tenterhooks

 VietNamNet Bridge – The further shipping freight increase announced by shipping agents have worried goods owners, who fear that this would lead to higher costs and lower competitiveness of Vietnamese products.

Vietnamese shipping meets raging waves on open sea

 VietNamNet Bridge – Selling ships is a solution that helps shipping firms survive the current difficulties, but it is not the way they can follow to earn their living.

Shipping firms still cannot find the way out

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of the enterprises in the maritime transport, the industry which has great advantages to develop and receives big investments, have been on the verge of bankruptcy.

Vinashinlines to go bankrupt

The Vinashin ocean shipping company will be one of two subsidies of the Vietnam Maritime Corporation (Vinalines) that will be permitted to go bankrupt in the process of restructuring Vinalines.