Kathmandu, Aug. 24 -- Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan of Vietnam arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday on a three-day visit, at the invitation of Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav.

As soon as she landed in Kathmandu, Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba paid a call on Xuan, and discussed a wide range of issues including direct flights to international airports in Pokhara and Bhairahawa that have struggled to attract foreign airlines for years after their opening.

According to the foreign minister's private secretariat, Deuba requested the Vietnamese Vice President to help initiate flights from Vietnam to the Gautam Buddha International Airport, Bhairahawa and the Pokhara International Airport.

Minister Deuba highlighted that a large number of...