29-Jun-2021 Source: Rostec The Civil Aviation Service of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (CAAV) has validated the type certificate of the Mi-171A2 multipurpose helicopter produced at the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant of the Russian Helicopters holding. This event opens the Vietnamese market for the latest modification of the Mi-8/17 helicopter family. Earlier, on March 13, 2020, the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) and CAAV signed a working agreement on airworthiness issues aimed at supporting and simplifying the validation of Russian aircraft exported to Vietnam. These events are carried out by the Federal Air Transport Agency in support of the priority plan for the export deliveries of promising domestic aviation equipment, formed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia and enterprises of the Russian aircraft industry.