VOV.VN - Vietnam and the Czech Republic are expected to double their two-way trade turnover to US$3 billion within the next two years, according to Martina Tauberova, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic.

Vietnam’s airline industry is facing its worst crisis yet amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an online conference on financial solutions to keep the industry afloat heard recently.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) recently sent a dispatch asking domestic airlines to suspend flights to and from airports in several southern cities and provinces that are under social distancing measures from July 19.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has recently proposed the removal of the cap for airfares on domestic routes operated by at least three carriers.

Local airlines including Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines, Vasco and Bamboo Airways are scheduled to raise their respective system administration fees by VND100,000 (US$4.37) per flight, which will be incorporated into current air ticket fares.

Bamboo Airways is finalising preparations to operate regular direct flights from Ho Chi Minh City to San Francisco and Los Angeles of the US, starting September 1, 2021.

VOV.VN - Budget air carrier Bamboo Airways has decided to cancel a number of domestic flights after its aircraft collided with birds on May 3.

VOV.VN - Bamboo Airways has increased its charter capital by 28% to VND16 trillion, equivalent to US$695 million, thereby surpassing Vietnam Airlines to have the highest level of capital in the industry.

VOV.VN - The national tally of coronavirus infections rose to 2,865 after a further eight Vietnamese returnees from Japan were found to be positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Ministry of Health said on April 28 afternoon.

VOV.VN - Bamboo Airways opened three new air routes on April 28 heading to Phu Cat Airport in Quy Nhon city in the south-central province of Binh Dinh.