Tourist balloon trialed in Nha Trang

A balloon, aimed at tourists, is being tested out at Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province, on January 23.

A look of Nha Trang bay from the balloon.

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Indochina Airlines has license revoked

A file photo shows staff working at an Indochina Airlines booking office

The Civil Aviation Administration said Monday it has revoked the license of Indochina Airlines as the private carrier was no longer capable of maintaining its service.

The administration said it would only consider reissuing the license if and when the airline could prove that it was qualified for resuming flights, an official of theadministration said.

Indochina, which opened its service in November 2008, had postponed its plan to resume flights several times since suspending service in November last year due to both technical and financial problems, including debts of more than VND30 billion to service providers.

The carrier missed its schedule to restart services on January 20. The planned resumption was approved by the Aviation Administration early this month and Indochina was supposed to be ready for Tet, or the Lunar New Year, a high season for air travel in the country.

Reported by Xuan Toan

VNPT to increase broadband capacity

Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group has said it will increase broadband capacity to over 100Gpbs by the end of 2010 to consolidate its position as the leading Internet service provider in Vietnam.

VDC’s network currently has a capacity of 45Gpbs, which accounts for over 70 percent of the country’s total.

From 2006 to 2009, VDC’s MegaVNN was voted the most popular broadband service by the readers of Vietnam’s PC World Magazine. The service also won several awards at the 2008 ICT awards ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Next year, VDC will focus on improving its value added services, including Mega E-learning, Mega Share, Mega Web, Mega TV, Mega E-school and Mega E-meetings.

PV