Vietnam considers licensing for the first space shuttle

Minister of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung said that when receiving a document about applying for a flight permit for "space shuttle" of Master Pham Gia Vinh, the Government will consider and facilitate business support.

At the afternoon of 17/5 press conference about the 2nd Prime Minister and Business Conference held on the same day, in the press response, PV sent to the Minister, Chairman of the Government Office, Spokesperson of the Government Mai Tien Dung questions about the case of Master Pham Gia Vinh, head of the manufacturing team 'spaceships', director of Dong Giang Vietnam company must bring their products abroad to test flight .

Graduating with a master's degree, achieving outstanding results in France, Pham Gia Vinh was invited by many places in France and Europe to work at an attractive salary, but he refused and decided to return to Vietnam to start his career at the age of 25.

In 2014, the first spaceship launched by Mr. Pham Gia Vinh shocked the public and the Vietnamese scientific community. Dr. Vu Quoc Huy, Deputy Head of Department of Aeronautics & Aerospace Engineering, Institute of Motivation and Technology, Hanoi University of Technology said this would be a remarkable step for Vietnam in aerospace science research. .

'Currently, Vietnam does not have civilian air tools that can reach the flying ceiling of 30km. If it is possible to produce unmanned aerial vehicles at altitudes above 30km, Vietnamese science will have a breakthrough in security and defense research.

Economically, if produced in the country, this device will certainly have lower cost than imported products of the same type. If Vietnam owns this project, it will compete with many countries with leading technology in the world ' - Dr. Vu Quoc Huy said.

Pham Gia Vinh and a flying plane with nearly 30 km of ceiling were researched and manufactured by his colleagues and his colleagues.

This invention is of great interest to Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam. After the talk with Master Vinh, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam proposed ministries: Defense, Police, Science - Technology, Transport and other provinces and cities expected to fly to facilitate the Researchers and flight developers perform. The Deputy Prime Minister also asked the organization to assess flight results and research applicability in Vietnam to report to the government.

However, after nearly 2 years of doing procedures to get a flight test license, but not yet successful, Pham Gia Vinh had to link with a company in Singapore to produce and conduct test flights.

On May 13, 2015, "spacecraft" built by Pham Gia Vinh, the chief architect, successfully brought the mouse into space at a height of 29.5km during a flight test in Hyderabad (India).

After nearly 2 hours flying at the height of space, the spacecraft brought 3 mice back to Earth safely in the endless joy of the research team.

On May 16, 2016, "spacecraft" continued to succeed when flying in Australia. Pham Gia Vinh shared, in 2017, Australia agreed to let him fly the second test, this time it would be possible to drive the device to the stratosphere.

However, he confided, his greatest desire is to fly in Vietnam to test, manufacture and produce it right on his hometown.

But after nearly two years of waiting and waiting, he had to go abroad to find ways to develop products.

In response to this issue, Minister of Government Office Mai Tien Dung said: "About the case of engineer Pham Gia Vinh invented flying equipment and wants to apply for a flight permit, Government Office and other The ministry here has not received Vinh's proposal.

This issue is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense, because this is a flying device. How does the purpose of flight serve the mission? For example, science and research . later with official documents we will discuss with the Ministry of Defense and answer the following press. "

Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong said: 'The invention of Vinh engineer about releasing the balloon to the stratosphere, I am very impressed. As the Ministry of Planning and Investment, we support all Vietnamese inventions, and will support them if applied to the economy and society. I have not heard about the engineer Vinh applying for a flight permit, this story has never been heard before. But from the perspective of supporting enterprises to start innovation, we are ready to contact Vinh to hear what problems he has and will propose to the Government . ".

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