Establishing a Steering Committee to prepare for the exploitation of Long Thanh airport

The Ministry of Transport has just issued a Decision to establish a Steering Committee for preparations for the exploitation of Long Thanh International Airport.

The Steering Committee is headed by the leader of the Ministry of Transport , the deputy heads include the Director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (permanent deputy head), the General Director of Vietnam Airports Corporation and representatives of the leaders of the departments under the Ministry of Transport such as the Department of Transport Infrastructure, Transport, Enterprise Management, and the Department of Construction Investment Management.

The Steering Committee members include representatives of the leadership of Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM); Southern Airports Authority; representatives of the Immigration Department - Ministry of Public Security ; representatives of the General Department of Customs - Ministry of Finance; representatives of the People's Committee of Dong Nai province.

The Steering Committee for the preparation for the exploitation of Long Thanh International Airport is responsible for handling difficulties and problems between agencies in the process of coordinating the preparation for the exploitation of the Port.

The Steering Committee is responsible for coordinating inter-sectoral issues arising in the preparation for the operation of Long Thanh International Airport; presiding over, directing, and organizing the overall coordination of the preparation for the operation of Long Thanh International Airport, including directing the testing of operations and the transfer of port operations, ensuring that when put into operation, operations are unified, synchronous, continuous, and effective.

The Steering Committee is also responsible for handling difficulties and problems between agencies and units in the process of coordinating the implementation of Port exploitation preparation work. At the same time, directing and urging important issues of Port exploitation preparation and transfer in terms of progress and key time points, ensuring publicity, transparency and responsibility of relevant agencies and units.

Timely propose and recommend to competent authorities and the Working Group of Long Thanh International Airport Construction Investment Project according to Decision No. 401/2023 of the Prime Minister to consider and resolve issues beyond the authority to resolve.

The Steering Committee operates under a regime that emphasizes the personal responsibility of the head, and is responsible for reporting to the Minister on the Committee's operations on a monthly basis and ad hoc at the Minister's request.

Previously, after inspecting the Long Thanh airport construction site on December 3, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh assigned the Ministry of Transport to set up a Steering Committee to prepare for the exploitation of this airport to direct and coordinate the overall work to promote the effectiveness of the project.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/lap-ban-chi-dao-chuan-bi-khai-thac-san-bay-long-thanh-192241213215622883.htm