International standard pilot training in Vietnam

The project aims to meet the needs for developing aviation human resources, especially pilot training, in Vietnam, with a focus on the period up to 2020.

On September 15th, in Cam Ranh City (Khanh Hoa province), the Vietnam Aviation Academy held a ceremony to launch the Pilot Training Center and the flight training phase of the "Upgrading Vietnam's Aviation Schools" project.

The Vietnam Aviation School Upgrade Project, including the Pilot Training Center, was implemented using ODA funds from France under the protocol between the two countries in 1994-1995.

The project is being implemented to meet the needs for developing aviation human resources, especially pilot training, in Vietnam, with a focus on the period up to 2020, and is the first step in the program to build a national pilot training center according to international standards.

To date, all equipment and aircraft used for training have been assembled, inspected, calibrated, and have successfully completed test flights.

Since June 2012, the center has collaborated with the Vietnam Aviation Academy, Vietnam Aviation Training Joint Stock Company, Vietnam Airlines Corporation, and ESMA Aviation Academy (France) to organize practical flight training for the first 23 trainees in Vietnam.

The first solo flight for a Vietnamese civil pilot trainee was also successfully conducted by the center in early September 2012.
At the ceremony, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Civil Aviation Authority Luu Thanh Binh also presented the center with a license to organize training courses for civil aircraft pilots.

According to Nguyen Nam Lien, General Director of Vietnam Airlines Joint Stock Company, the establishment of the center is a significant milestone in the project to support the development of Vietnam's aviation industry with effective technical assistance from the French Aviation Academy.

On September 9th, 23 pilot trainees received their flight certificates. This is the first pilot training course conducted domestically by Vietnam's civil aviation industry.

According to (vov)-TN