Air Bagan introduced a daily Rangoon-Bangkok service with an Airbus A310 on May 15. The airline plans services to Kunming and Siem Reap this year.

Hong Kong Airlines took off on a four-times-a-week service between Hong Kong and Hanoi on April 25 in a Boeing 737-800.

South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines, a Star Alliance member, now flies between Ho Chi Minh City and Busan on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and from Busan to Ho Chi Minh on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Qatar Airways' service between Doha and Ho Chi Minh City operates five times a week.

'Two-piece' can

Kian Joo Can Factory's "two-piece" can for condensed milk has been a success. The company will start selling the can to Thailand, executive director Anthony See said recently.

Exports make up 15 to 16 per cent of the Malaysian company's turnover. Its cans are shipped to Iran, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, China, Thailand and Australia.

See said while its Vietnam operation was in profit, it did not contribute much to revenue because of high investment costs.

The company manufacturers and distributes cans through its subsidiaries.

It makes two-piece aluminium beverage cans, corrugated

fibreboard cartons and packaging machinery.

Rice to Indonesia

Some 6,500 tonnes of imported Thai rice were unloaded at Tanjung Intan harbour at Cilacap in Central Java, according to Indonesian news agency Antara.

The rice was unloaded on May 28, Imam Syafii, head of the Banyumas logistics board, said on Thursday.

The shipment was part of one million tonnes of the staple to be imported by the government and expected to arrive through various harbours.

Cilacap is expected to receive 30,000 tonnes of imported rice, while Semarang, also in Central Java, will receive 90,000 tonnes.

Indonesia, which was once self-sufficient in rice, has imported rice from neighbours Thailand and Vietnam over the past few years.

Bt400m project

MK Real Estate Development has unveiled its Bt400 million Chuan Chuen Udomsuk project aimed at middle-to-upper-income buyers.

Assistant managing director Chukiat Tangmatitham said it would offer twin and single houses from Bt2.59 million.

There will be a soft opening on June 9 and 10.

Customers reserving units at the opening will get discounts of up to Bt350,000 and other promotional deals.