VietNamNet Bridge - Bankers have been repeatedly warned about the high risks they would face when investing in the aviation sector, but they still harbor the ‘airline dream’.

VietNamNet Bridge - Aviation experts believe that it would be a waste to spend VND10 trillion to build three airports in the northwest.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), the biggest enterprise in Vietnam’s aviation industry, has asked for the governing body’s permission to start negotiations to find strategic shareholders in January. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Though setting very high requirements on investors, many financially powerful corporations still want to become strategic shareholders of Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV).

Though having set a starting price at VND11,800 per share for the IPO (initial public offering), slated for December 10, the Airports Corporation, and its consultancy firm, believe the real value of the shares is higher.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is creating a framework to stimulate private investments in the aviation industry, as public-private partnerships for development of this sector has become a trend in the region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has proposed expanding Phu Quoc International Airport to meet increasing demand for air travel to and from the resort island of the same name off mainland Kien Giang Province.

VietNamNet Bridge - The plan to develop a Phu Quoc Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has prompted investors to pour money into Phu Quoc Airport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Heavyweight local investors are racing to secure the rights to operate the Phu Quoc International Airport in southern province of Kien Giang.

Do Quang Hien’s T&T Group appears to be the leading candidate for the new developer of Phu Quoc Airport, thanks to the company’s huge assets and commitments.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport (MOT) believes that it will succeed in attracting private capital to airport projects if it can develop reasonable policies.

 Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has instructed the Airport Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) to set up a pilot project to sell the operation rights of Phu Quoc International Airport in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance has proposed the Government add Phu Quoc International Airport to the list of airports allowed to refund the value added tax (VAT) for goods foreign visitors and overseas Vietnamese buy

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has 22 airports but only Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat International Airport are operating above their design capacity, reported the Airports Corporation of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Phu Quoc Airport on the resort island of the same name is to be put up for sale so that the Airports Corporation of Vietnam can raise funds for other airport projects, said the top executive of the corporation.

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VietNamNet Bridge – After an announcement by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam to slash service fees at five international airports, some foreign aviation firms and travel enterprises have prepared plans to launch new flights to Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport and relevant State agencies needed to mobilise social funding for transport projects, as the current funding available for the transport sector this year stood at only VND20 trillion