Special issue of stamp set commemorating 60 years of Vietnam Civil Aviation Industry

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnamese aviation industry, at the celebration today, January 10, 2016, the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Transport jointly officially issued the stamp set "Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Vietnamese Civil Aviation Industry (1956 - 2016)".

The stamp set includes 1 design, borderless in size 46 x 31 mm, designed by artist To Minh Trang, Vietnam Post Corporation. The stamp set has a face value of 3,000 VND and is available online from January 10 to December 31, 2017.

From Lung Co airport, Gia Lam airport to T2 terminal, Tan Son Nhat airport control tower, the images of aircraft of 3 typical airlines Vietnam Airlines, Jestar Pacific, Vietjet Air have been arranged and composed reasonably by the artist, showing the strong development and maturity of Vietnam's civil aviation. The stamp layout is simple and elegant but still exudes a lively feeling of rising and flying far in the integration and development trend of Vietnam's civil aviation industry.

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Hung and Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang signed and stamped the stamp set.

At the Anniversary and release ceremony of the stamp set, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Hung said that with his unique painting language and tight color coordination, the artist has prominently portrayed the image of beloved Uncle Ho, who has always closely followed every step in the process of formation and development of Vietnam's civil aviation industry.

"It can be said that the stamp design has shown the slogan of the aviation industry, promoting the tradition of bravery, strategy, creativity, continuing innovation, comprehensive integration of sustainable development. This small stamp with its own language, containing many meanings, a lot of information spread throughout the country and the world, introducing to the Vietnamese people and friends around the world the development achievements of Vietnam Aviation during 60 years of construction and growth", Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Hung emphasized.

Over 60 years of formation and development, Vietnam Civil Aviation has always fulfilled its mission of serving the revolution and the people, contributing worthily to the cause of national liberation struggle as well as the current cause of national construction and development.

According to Ictpress.vn