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According to Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper, tourists in HCM City will have the chance to visit the pilot training centre and fly the plane themselves in the cockpit simulator.
BAA Training is one of the top three largest independent aviation training centres in the EU. It has organised many Airbus 320 training courses to individual trainees as well as employees of big airlines.
Tourists will visit the training room and have a basic introduction to the functions of the cockpit. Customers can pretend to be a pilot trainee for an hour in a cockpit simulator of an Airbus 320. Afterwards, they can try to fly the plane under various weather conditions and land or take off from well-known airports like John F. Kennedy in New York, Charles de Gaulle in Paris, and Changi in Singapore or any other airports in the simulator.
Customers will also be given a certificate for their training hours and can take a photo with their trainers.
The cost for the tour is from VND4.3m including transportation fee, the cost for the mock-up, trainer and the certificate.
Fruit and vegetable exports increases dramatically
Fruit and vegetable exports to fastidious markets such as the Republic of Korea, Taiwan (China), the United States, and Japan have witnessed robust growth during the initial ten months of the year, VOV quoted the information from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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Accordingly, the export value of local fruit and vegetables throughout the reviewed period recorded a decline of 12.5% to USD2.72 billion in comparison with the same period from last year.
China remained as the largest importer of Vietnamese fruit and vegetables, making up 57.5% of the overall market share with an export value of USD1.43 billion, an annual decrease of 25.9%. Elsewhere, exports to Hong Kong (China) and the Netherlands endured falls of 2% and 3.7%, respectively.
According to the Agro-Processing and Market Development Authority (Agrotrade), this decline in domestic fruit and vegetable exports can be attributed to a sharp fall occurring in export turnover of several fruit products, including dragon fruit, bananas, lemons, and durians.
Agrotrade attributed the increase in China’s imports to the high demand that typically occurs around the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, along with shortages of the supply sources of fruit and vegetables caused by the impact of devastating floods which have hit Hubei province.
Fruit and vegetable exports are projected to witness a positive outlook during the remaining months of the year as a result of an increase in Chinese’s import demand, in addition to the positive effects of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).
About 8.3 billion USD in FDI invested in EZs and IZs over 10-month period
Industrial zones (IZs) and economic zones (EZs) across the country have attracted 591 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects over 10-month period of this year with newly and additionally registered capital reaching approximately USD8.3 billion, Radio the Voice of Vietnam said.
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The data, released by the Ministry of Planning and Investment, indicates that the total number of FDI projects nationwide rose to 10,055, with total registered capital reaching approximately USD198 billion with 70% of investment capital being implemented.
In terms of domestic investment projects, IZs and EZs across the country saw 555 projects with total newly and additionally registered capital reach a sum of VND125.4 trillion, raising the overall number of domestic investment projects to 9,845, with realised investment capital reaching roughly 46%.
As of late October, as many as 369 IZs had been established nationwide, including IZs located in coastal and border EZs, with the total natural land area reaching 113.3 thousand hectares and the industrial land available for lease at some 73.6 thousand hectares, making up 65% of the natural land area.
IZs in 61 provinces and cities across the nation are largely concentrated in key economic regions as a means of taking bring advantage of the geographic location and the economic development potential of each location.
For EZs based in coastal areas, the development plan for coastal EZs towards 2030 as approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc includes 19 sites with a total area of 871.5 thousand hectares, including areas of the sea, while the land area is 582.3 thousand hectares, making up 1.75% of the country's land area./.