Synchronously implement solutions to ensure aviation security
(Baonghean.vn) - That was the direction of Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at the online conference on aviation security on the morning of April 24.
On the morning of April 24, comrade Truong Hoa Binh - Politburo member, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the National Civil Aviation Security Committee, Government chaired an online conference with 21 provinces and cities on aviation security work.
Comrade Huynh Thanh Dien - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the conference at Nghe An bridge point.
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| The comrades presiding at the Nghe An bridge point. Photo: Thanh Le |
Speaking at the conference, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh emphasized: In the current context, ensuring aviation security and safety is an important task. Especially, with Vietnamese aviation, negligence must not be allowed to occur at any airport unit. In that spirit, the Deputy Prime Minister requested drastic solutions and timely handling of limitations and potential threats to aviation security.
Regarding the direction and tasks for 2018, the conference basically agreed with the solutions proposed by the National Civil Aviation Security Committee. Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh noted that the work of reviewing and perfecting the system of legal documents, procedures and standards related to aviation security must be the highest priority.
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| Security check at Vinh airport. Photo: Archive |
The National Civil Aviation Security Committee, local aviation emergency command boards and relevant agencies need to regularly meet and urgently develop a list of threats to aviation to grasp the risks, avoid being surprised, and have specific handling plans.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh requested the Ministry of Transport to coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security to direct the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam to soon issue regulations on coordination to ensure internal security in the aviation industry. Urgently approve a number of important projects of Vietnam's civil aviation related to national security to be included in the list of special protection.
Continue to raise awareness of the importance of ensuring aviation security. The entire political system at all levels and localities related to airport and seaport infrastructure are determined to absolutely ensure aviation security. Ministries and sectors need to strengthen coordination in patrolling, controlling, ensuring security and order to absolutely protect the safety of airports.
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| Scene at Nghe An bridge. Photo: Thanh Le |
Previously, according to the report at the conference, in 2017, the total number of passengers passing through Vietnam's airports reached 94.3 million, and Vietnamese airlines transported 44.74 million passengers. Aviation security and safety were basically maintained, and incidents were promptly handled and resolved.
The aviation security force (ANHK) has coordinated well with the authorities in preventing and handling violations, preventing consequences affecting aviation security and safety. Public order at airports has been maintained. Quality control, inspection, testing, and aviation security training have been promoted and strengthened...
Discussing at the conference, delegates said that despite many efforts, the quality of aviation security assurance is not really sustainable, the infrastructure system and equipment to ensure aviation security are not complete and lack uniformity; the professionalism of aviation security staff is not high. In addition, the coordination between state management agencies at airports is still not tight, so there are still potential threats to aviation security.