Management of unmanned aircraft and ultralight aircraft operations

Delegate Nguyen Thi Lan Anh ( Lao Cai Delegation) said that it is necessary to build a Law on People's Air Defense to promptly institutionalize the Party's policies and guidelines on building an all-people national defense and people's air defense posture.

According to Ms. Anh, the development and promulgation of the Law will create a common legal framework for the development, mobilization, and organization of people's air defense activities, the management of activities related to unmanned aircraft, ultralight aircraft, and ensuring air defense safety, in order to perfect the legal system on people's air defense.

Ms. Nguyen Minh Tam speaks (Photo: Quang Vinh)

Agreeing with the necessity of promulgating the Law on People's Air Defense based on the political , legal and practical grounds stated by the Government in the Submission to the National Assembly, Deputy Nguyen Minh Tam (Quang Binh Delegation) said that the contents of the draft Law are basically consistent with the Party's policies and guidelines, ensuring the constitutionality, legality and consistency of the legal system, and compatibility with relevant international treaties to which Vietnam is a member.

Deputy Duong Tan Quan (Ba Ria-Vung Tau Delegation) expressed that the current system of legal documents related to people's air defense activities, management of unmanned aircraft, and ultralight aircraft only has framework regulations and principles. Meanwhile, reality has set forth requirements requiring the creation of a complete and comprehensive legal basis for people's air defense activities to meet the requirements of protecting the Fatherland in the new situation.

According to Mr. Quan, Article 7 of the draft Law, on prohibited acts, stipulates 7 types of prohibited acts, including: Evading, opposing, obstructing the construction, mobilization, operation and implementation of responsibilities to participate in the people's air defense force; Taking advantage of and abusing the implementation of people's air defense tasks to violate the law, infringe upon the interests of the State, the rights and legitimate interests of agencies, organizations, enterprises and individuals; Providing information, informing, filming, taking photos, measuring, drawing to reveal battlefield targets, plans, technical equipment, combat works and sabotaging, changing the current status of people's air defense works. However, in addition to these 7 activities, there are many other activities that harm people's air defense that have not been mentioned in the draft Law. Therefore, Mr. Quan proposed adding a provision "strictly prohibiting other acts that affect people's air defense according to the provisions of law".

Mr. Nguyen Hai Anh speaks (Photo: Quang Vinh)

Delegate Nguyen Hai Anh ( Dong Thap Delegation) suggested that the drafting agency should review and supplement to clarify the concept of people's air defense to ensure comprehensiveness, completeness, inheritance, promotion and development of regulations on people's air defense stated in Decree No. 74/2015/ND-CP of the Government on people's air defense.

Mr. Anh also suggested that it is necessary to clarify the role and position of people's air defense in national defense work, the relationship between building people's air defense and building strong defense zones, building an all-people national defense posture on the air front, in order to prevent, fight back and overcome the consequences of enemy intrusions and air attacks, protect state assets, people's lives and assets, and firmly protect the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Fatherland.

Deputy Tran Van Tien (Vinh Phuc Delegation) also assessed that the draft Law basically adhered to the Party's policies and guidelines, especially documents on the strategy of protecting the Fatherland, building armed forces and building defense zones in the new situation.

Deputy Ngo Trung Thanh (Dak Lak Delegation) said that the strong development of science and technology has and will give birth to many types of modern, high-precision air attack weapons, especially drones in large quantities and at low prices, which can both operate on a large scale and attack very small targets such as tanks, armored vehicles, and even targets deep in the enemy's interior. For our country, with the goal of building an all-people national defense posture, the role of people's air defense in participating in combat with the national air defense force and army air defense to prevent and attack the enemy in low-altitude airspace is extremely important. Therefore, it is necessary to have perfect policies and institutions to effectively build and organize people's air defense posture to meet the requirements and tasks of protecting the Fatherland in the new situation.

Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang explains (Photo: Quang Vinh)

Explaining, Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang said that regarding prohibited acts, the Ministry will add this provision to the draft Law to ensure more completeness and comprehensiveness.

Regarding the right to shoot when carrying out suppression, Mr. Giang said that in the case of suppression for landing, if not complied with, the army has the right to shoot to ensure deterrence and coercion, ensuring safety and security. This is also a regulation commonly applied in many countries around the world.

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