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CAAV proposes installing night lighting system at Con Dao Airport The Saigon Times Two planes of Bamboo Airways (L) and the Vietnam Air Services Company are parked at the Con Dao Airport – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed that the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) urgently install the lighting system at night for the Con Dao Airport in the island district of Con Dao, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, to increase the airport’s capacity. According to CAAV, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of flights to and from Con Dao has risen sharply over the past year. However, the Con Dao Airport’s infrastructure remains underdeveloped. Without a night lighting system, the airport has only been able to receive flights during the day. CAAV said building a night lighting system will help airlines increase the flight frequency or launch new routes to the airport, contributing to boosting local tourism. There are currently two airlines operating air routes to Con Dao. The Vietnam Air Services Company offers flights between HCMC and Con Dao using the ATR-72 aircraft, while Bamboo Airways operates flights to Con Dao from HCMC, Hanoi and Haiphong using the Embraer 195 aircraft. Although the flight frequency to the Con Dao Airport has increased significantly over the past several years, tickets of some routes have been sold out due to high demand. Many Bamboo Airways flights to Con Dao in April or May have been sold out or there are only business class tickets left. Since mid-February, Bamboo Airways has transported more than 70,000 passengers to Con Dao. The Con Dao Airport was built in 1947. In 2004, it was upgraded to the 3C standard with four parking lots capable of receiving ATR-72 or similar aircraft. The airport’s terminal covers nearly 3,800 square meters and is capable of serving 200 passengers at a time. According to the aviation development plan toward 2030, the Con Dao Airport will be upgraded to a …

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Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang attended and spoke at the event. The ceremony also saw the presence of Deputy Defense Ministers and Deputy Chiefs of the General Staff. During the training, participating officers will be equipped with line-up regulations and methods for conducting night training, a grenade-throwing contest, and regiment-level exercises. Speaking at the opening ceremony, General Giang recalled that over the past years, the whole military thoroughly embraced and strictly carried out the Central Military Commission’s Resolution 765 and Decision 60 on raising training quality in the 2013-2020 period and subsequent years. Particularly, agencies and units actively renewed methods of training and conducted sport competitions and exercises to augment troops’ capabilities to meet new task requirements. Giang also requested the General Staff to equip participating officers with basic contents of staff work and training methods, contributing to addressing shortcomings in conducting military training. Together with carrying out the set program, organizers should pay attention to ensuring absolute safety for participants and equipment and strictly observe training regulations. He asked trainers to devise suitable training methods to effectively convey training contents to participating officers and hoped that trainees will learn more about skills and effectively apply them to their units’ training  in the future. Translated by Tran Hoai …

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The ship at the launching ceremony PANO – Factory X51 of the Ba Son Corporation under the General Department of Defence Industry successfully launched the first ship for patrol and search and rescue (SAR) missions, numbered FC624-01, in Ho Chi Minh City on June 16th. The 63.1m long and 11.9m wide “FC624-01” has a displacement of 700 tons and a maximum speed of 25 knots per hour in bad weather with the wind force at the eighth to ninth scale and high waves. While carrying out the SAR mission, the ship, which is specifically designed to operate continuously for 15 days and nights, can rescue 100-120 distressed people. Once operational, the ship will help better safeguard the nation’s sovereignty, support fishermen and fight fire at sea, as well as be able to join international SAR tasks on request. Translated by Van Hieu …

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