Indonesia's Minister of Industry Airlangga Hartarto (Source: http://en.industry.co.id) Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia recently announced its Government will continue boosting growth of the aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry in view of the potential development to be integrated with several domestic airports. Accordingly, Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport in Bintan of Riau Islands, and Kertajati International Airport in Majalengka of West Java, among others, will be integrated with the MRO industry. Minister of Industry Airlangga Hartarto said that Bintan is currently developing a 4,000-ha airport and aerospace industry park which will be the most complete in Indonesia, with several supporting facilities, such as airports, aircraft repair facilities, flight training, as well as business and residential areas. The Industry Ministry and the Aircraft Maintenance Service Association have agreed to forge synergy to develop educational … [Read more...] about Indonesia focuses on developing aircraft MRO industry
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Vietnam’s plan on aircraft maintenance center remains unfinished
VietNamNet Bridge - No investor has decided to pour money into setting up an aircraft maintenance center in the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone. In 2013, the Prime Minister gave the go-ahead to the Quang Nam provincial People’s Committee’s plan to set up an aircraft maintenance center in the locality. The Prime Minister then assigned the Ministry of Transport to work with local authorities and other relevant ministries on the scale of the center and the way of implementing the project. Also in 2013, the US-based Parsons Brinckerhoff contacted the USTDA (US Trade and Development Agency) to call for capital to support the pre-feasibility study on the project on developing Chu Lai Airport and associated aircraft maintenance center. Vietnam will have to struggle for years to build an aircraft manufacturing industry, but it could become a regional maintenance center in the near future, experts say. Parsons Brinckerhoff is the company which won the bid to conduct research … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s plan on aircraft maintenance center remains unfinished
Could Vietnam become a regional aircraft maintenance center?
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam will have to struggle for years to build an aircraft manufacturing industry, but it could become a regional maintenance center in the near future, experts say. The US Federal Aviation Administration presented a Certificate of FAA Certified Repair Station (FAR Part 145) to Aerospace Engineering Services Company (AESC) on December 1, an important event in Vietnam’s aviation industry. AESC is the only Vietnamese enterprise that has received certification from two of the most prestigious aviation authorities - EASA and FAA AESC, a private business, provides MRO (maintenance, repair, operations) services for aircraft components such as wheels and brakes, oxygen cylinders, aircraft seats and galley inserts like ovens, boilers, and coffeemakers to customers. Its clients include Vietnamese air carriers such as Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific, Vietjet Air and VASCO, and foreign carriers such as Lao Airlines, Cambodia Angkor Air, Sky Angkor Air, … [Read more...] about Could Vietnam become a regional aircraft maintenance center?
Vietnam, Ukraine to boost bilateral industrial cooperation
Vietnam and the Ukraine have a great chance to boost bilateral industrial cooperation, officials of the two countries announced September 10 in Hanoi at the seventh meeting of the Inter-Governmental Commission. At the meeting, Ukrainian Industrial Policy Minister Oleksandr L. Neustroyev said that in the near future Vietnam and the Ukraine will possibly expand collaboration in shipbuilding, aircraft manufacturing, energy, machinery, metallurgy, chemical production and mining. The two nations need to push economic ties, stressed Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, confirming his strong and firm support for bilateral industrial cooperation. Also, Vietnam will be ready to receive Ukrainian entrepreneurs by the first quarter of next year to study its natural resources, especially titanium reserves, to seek cooperation in mining the precious metal, said Vietnamese government officials. During the first seven months of this year, Vietnam's shipments to the Ukraine hit … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Ukraine to boost bilateral industrial cooperation
30 Scholarships Awarded by Boeing Aircraft Company to Vietnamese Software Engineering Students
A scholarship awards ceremony was held on the morning of December 4th in Danang by the Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] in coordination with the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Software Engineering Group of Vietnam (SEG Vietnam). At the ceremony, 30 scholarships were given to students enrolled in the Software Engineering and Information Systems Programs of SEG Vietnam. The Boeing scholarships, worth US $1,000 each, were awarded to economically disadvantaged students who had outstanding academic records, and who had demonstrated outstanding technical and leadership skills. The scholarships will help to pay for the students' living costs and tuition fees. "Developing human resources is critical to the future of Vietnam's information technology (IT) sector," Tran Đuc Lai, Deputy Minister of Ministry of Information and Communications said at the ceremony. "Boeing's strong support for IT education and training in general and software engineering in particular are very much … [Read more...] about 30 Scholarships Awarded by Boeing Aircraft Company to Vietnamese Software Engineering Students