National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has just launched its flights between Hanoi and China’s Macau, with flight VN456 departing from Hanoi at 19:45 on December 16, and VN459 leaving Macau at 8:35 on December 17 (local time).
At the launching ceremony for the Hanoi - Macau route (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has just launchedits flights between Hanoi and China’s Macau, with flight VN456 departing fromHanoi at 19:45 on December 16, and VN459 leaving Macau at 8:35 on December 17(local time).
The new route has one return flight daily between the two destinations, with flightsfrom Hanoi departing at 19:45 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, andat 4:00 on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Meanwhile, flights from Macaudepart at 23:50 every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and at 8:35 on thethree other days of the week.
According to Vietnamese Consul General in Hong Kong and Macau Tran Thanh Huan,the new service will help meet the increasing travel demand between the twodestinations and promote trade connectivity, cooperation and exchange betweenthe Greater Bay Area (including Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau) and Vietnam.
“With this new air route, I believe that more people in Macau and the GreaterBay Area as a whole will have chances to explore Hanoi, and seek investmentopportunities in Vietnam,” he said.
Huan noted remarkable progress in Vietnam-Macau ties in recent years. Two-waytrade reached 82.4 million USD in 2018, up 40.2 percent from the same time lastyear. The trade value was estimated at 73.2 million USD during January-October,a year-on-year increase of 2.4 percent.
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At the launching ceremony for the Hanoi - Macau route (Photo: VNA) 
