At the invitation of Viet Nam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM), on 20 January 2016, a delegation from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) led by Mr. Kevin Shum – Director General has paid a working visit to VATM. Chairman Dinh Viet Thang, Director General Pham Viet Dzung, Deputy Director General Doan Huu Gia and some officials from functional department/units welcomed the delegation to VATM’s headquarters.
At the countersy call, Mr. Dinh Viet Thang welcomed Director General Kevin Shum and his delegation to VATM and expressed his appreciation to the close relationships between CAAS and VATM over the years. Based on achieved results, VATM wishes to strengthen cooperation and sharing experiences with CAAS in the issues that VATM is concerning about, these include: Safety Management System (SMS), Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) Implementation, cooperation in ADS-B data sharing, and implementation off ADMAN/DMAN features.
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The two sides agreed to enhance cooperation and continue to have exchange visit in the next coming time
Mr. Kevin Shum thanked VATM for its hospitality and highly evaluated VATM’s achievements over the past few years. He also noted that: “CAAS always considers VATM as a reputed ANSP, which has made a great contribution to maintain the ATS operations safely, effectively in the Asia pacific region. There are still many things that we can learn from VATM’s experiences”. He also emphasized that the increased traffic volume requires organizations, including ANSPs to improve capabilities through new advanced technology investment and human factors, especially ATCO and other workforce, those directly involving in the ANS services provision chain, as well as strengthen regional and global relations to meet requirements for sustainable development.
Chairman Dinh Viet Thang welcomes the delegation from Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
The two sides committed to strengthen cooperation and continue to assign working delegations for sharing experiences in the next coming time.
During the working time at VATM, the CAAS delegation also visited the Ha Noi Air Traffic Control Centre. On this occasion, CAAS and VATM coordinated to hold a Workshop on Safety Management System from 21-22 January 2016 with the participation of CAAS’s experts on SMS and VATM’s officials working in safety management.