Re-evaluating Your Vietnam Representative Office

Download the latest issue
of Vietnam Briefing now

Vietnam Briefing is a magazine and daily news service about doing business in Vietnam. We cover topics relating to the Vietnamese economy, the market in Vietnam, foreign direct investment and Vietnamese law and tax. It is written in-house by the foreign investment professionals at Dezan Shira & Associates

NEW RELEASE

NOW AVAILABLE IN PDF

HO CHI MINH STOCK INDEX (VNINDEX:IND)

Vietnam Airlines Cuts Domestic Fares by 50 Percent

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Vietnam Briefing

Sept. 7 – The country’s flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, has announced it will slash fares on domestic flights by 50 percent from September 15 to October 30.

The heavily discounted rates will include routes coming from the capital, Hanoi and the financial center, Ho Chi Minh City. The discounted prices will range from VND400,000 to VND860,000 per flight following the routes below:

Hanoi to Vinh
Ho Chi Minh City/Phu Quoc to Can Tho/Rach Gia
Ho Chi Minh City to Nha Trang/Dalat
Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nagn/Hue/Tam Ky
Danang to Dalat
Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City/Buon Me Thuot/Dalat/Nha Trang/Quy Nhon/Tuy Hoa, Can Tho
Ho Chi Minh City to Vinh/Haiphong/Dong Hoi

The airline is currently state owned although there are pending plans to open the company to private investment eventually. The company was established in 1989 with hubs located at Noi Bai International Airport and Tan Son Nhat International Airport.