“Back then, Vietnam was embargoed, and bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc people suffered a lot from poverty. Who could’ve thought that it was possible, to launch a flight from Vietnam to anywhere? After all, only true patriots took what it takes to complete that mission.”, Mr. Johnathan Hanh Nguyen recalled bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc time of 35 years ago, when he was given an “impossible mission” from bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc country. 

 

BACK TO VIETNAM FOR bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc MISSION FROM bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc PRIME MINISTER

By bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc end of 1984, while being a respected finance inspectorate of Boeing Airline, Mr. Johnathan Hanh Nguyen took a surprising call from bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Vietnam Representative Office at bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc United Nations, invited him to pay a visit to Vietnam. With so much thrill, he said yes, and brought his wife and children back to Vietnam right away for bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc trip. Then, he had a meeting with bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Minister Pham Van Dong in Ha Noi City, to talk about launching an international flight for Vietnam. Having worked in bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc airline industry for a long time, Mr. Hanh fully understood how complex this task was, in bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc context of being embargoed by bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc US government at that time. Still, he took bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc job and said: “I’ll try my best.”

From bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc left to right: Mr. Rudy Martel, Marcos’s brother-in-law, Minister Pham Van Dong, Mr. Johnathan Hanh Nguyen and bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Minister’s assistant.

 

Unfortunately, during this trip in Vietnam, two of his children has a severe VHF (Viral Hermorrhagic Fever) with bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc risk of death. Lack of medical equipment as hospital were, bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc doctors in Nha Trang city has put all of their efforts to fight for his children’s lives. This incident came to his realization that this was bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc common situation in Vietnam at that time, where millions of Vietnamese children all at his child’s age are at danger of bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc disease threat. Without bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc medical equipment to supply for bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc hospital, they might not survive. But how can bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc hospital could get that medical supplies if there is no international flight to import them to Vietnam? At that moment, Mr. Hanh finally understand bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc weight of bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc given mission by bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Prime Minister.

When back to Philippines, Mr. Hanh talked with his wife’s family (his wife is a cousin of bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc First Lady). bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc proposal he made was not taken easily, as bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc President Ferdinand Marcos (Philippines President from 1965 to 1986) told to never mention about launching bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc flight.

This kept Mr. Hanh up for many nights, with bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc obsession from bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc CNN news where they reported thousands and thousands of Vietnamese was robbed and attacked by bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc pirates on bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc way of crossing oversea. He set his determination to make this task happen and seeked for bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc advices from bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc lawyers and US Associations. They told him it was more likely possible to apply for launching bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc humanitarian flight, instead of commercial flight. And that advice was a great idea.

On May 22 1985, Mr. Hanh has registered and founded PHL Company to hire airplanes from Vietnam Airline to prepare for bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc international flight launch. Still, when he proposed this to bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Philippines Department of Foreign Affair and Department of Aviation, once again they warned him that “this is a dangerous and impossible mission because bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc president will not approve it”. After thinking it through, Mr. Hanh insisted: “I’ll take bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc responsibility for this task by myself. All I need is your approval, and I will hire bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc airplane to do it.”

 

bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc MOMENT OF FACING WITH PRESIDENT MARCOS

On August 27 1985, Mr. Hanh completed his files and talked to Rita, his sister-in-law and also bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc president’s assistant. “Whenever you see him in a good mood, let me know. I need to talk to him”. Mr. Hanh told. After that is a long time of waiting and staying nervous, to receive bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc call from Rita. At 7:00 PM, on September 4 1985, Rita finally told him “Come over! He’s in a good mood this evening”. Knowing this is bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc moment he’s been waiting for, Mr. Hanh called Mr. Tran Vinh Tien, bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Vietnam Representative in Philippines to see bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc President together. By then, his mind’s already prepared for bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc worst scenario. “In case I was arrested for proposing this, ask for help from bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Vietnam Government.”, he told his wife, briefly.

At 8:00 PM, on Sep 4 1985, President office was oddly quiet. Mr. Hanh drove bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc car of Vietnam Embassy straight to bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc office. Inside bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc place, Rita has been waiting. He came and asked her to submit bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc files to bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc president, but she shook her head. He proceeded to ask bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Colonel and received bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc second head shaking. By this time, he knew he has to take bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc risk and do it all by himself. President office was almost empty. Only him sat at bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc desk, signed documents under bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc light of a blue lamps. Mr. Hanh stood on bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc left to submit bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc files and convinced bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc president to sign. “He was indeed in a good mood. bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc meeting was quick and somehow magical. I got his signature that night.”

“bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc feeling back then was strange. bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc steps I took inside was so heavy. But when I got out, they were light as bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc air. I tried to walk as quickly as I could without making any noise. Cause I was so afraid that he could change his mind at anytime.”

“A minutes ago, I came to bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc room with 2 questions. bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc first one was “what to ask him for”. If I said I ask him to approve for bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc international flight with Vietnam, I would be a dead man as he already said “no” to that many times. bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc second one was “How can I enter here without bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc informing from bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc colonel and assistant.” If he found out, we’d be doomed.”, Mr. Hanh told. I ran out to bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc hall and saw Rita. Trying to keep it down, I screamed to her “Yes, I did it” and ran to Mr. Vinh to announce him bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc good news. We were hugging and crying after that – Mr. Hanh recalled. It took a while for Mr. Hanh to find out at that time, bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc opposed side in Philippines had risen up a coup, while bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc US were trying to put pressure on Marcos’s government. That’s why  president wasn’t contented with bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc US. Maybe because of that, when one member of bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc family asked for bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc idea of an international flight with Vietnam, he approved right away.

That night, when bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc news got to Vietnam, bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc government was jubilant. Then, Mr. Hanh continued to receive another task, where he had to make bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc international flight happen in two days, in bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc context of every legal procedure in aviation at that time must take two weeks. So he rushed to see Rita and asked her to submit bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc files to bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc related offices in bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc night. It was a stressful moment, so much that every sound came from Rita’s typing machine became a terrifying noise as he was so afraid to miss bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc deadline. In bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc meantime, bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc admin of bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc President office was waiting outside to sign all bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc documents and prepared bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc rest.

When having bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc official archives, on bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc next day, Mr. Hanh directly brought them to submit at bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc offices of related departments, and bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Aviation Department. Within 5 days, on Sep 9, 1985, with bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc supports of many departments, Vietnam has its first international flight from Tan Son Nhat Airport to Manila and backward. This marked a new era in bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc international partnership between Vietnam Airline and foreign countries.

 

Mr. Phan Tuong – Director of Tan Son Nhat Airport was thrilled to meet Embassy Luu Dinh Ve at bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Flight launching event between Ho Chi Minh – Manila on 9/9/1985.

bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc first international flight was bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc flight B-707, with bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc attendance of 31 leaders from many Vietnam departments and aviation company, alongside with bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc press. bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc crew leader was Mr. Phan Tuong, director of SASCO, and his crew, including 11 members, landed on Manila Airport by 9:30 AM on 9/9/1985. On bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc way back to Vietnam, bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc plane brought 30 tons of gifts from bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc oversea Vietnamese. On that day, Mr. Luu Dinh Ve, bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Vietnam Embassy at Philippines asked Mr. Hanh in tears: “bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Russian had asked for a flight for 20 years but never succeeded. How did you do it in weeks?”. Mr. Hanh couldn’t decide where to begin his long challenging story, so he smiled for bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc answer.

 

Flight Crew B-707 of Vietnam National Airline visited bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Vietnam Embassy in Manila on 09/09/1985.

bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc people in Vietnam received bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc gifts at Tan Son Nhat Airport in 1985.

Mr. Tran Tien Vinh, bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc man who was with Mr. Hanh bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc whole time, on bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc way to President Office that night has confirmed every detail has been told in this story.

 

MISSION COMPLETE

After bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc first flight to bring gifts from oversea Vietnamese, Mr. Hanh arranged bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc next trips to prioritize transporting bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc medical equipment. As bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc flight route was opened, bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc medicals were sent more frequently so bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc children and bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc patients were finally taken a good care. However, bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc image of bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc people who was attacked and found dead on bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc way of crossing oversea still haunted bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc mind of Hanh Nguyen.

He then sought for Soeur Pascale Le Thi Triu, bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc woman who participated many humanitarian projects in Philippines and Vietnam. She took him to see bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc oversea Vietnamese at bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc refugee camp in Philippines’s islands. They were all in traumatic conditions, after witnessing so many violence and accidents happening to their love ones on bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc way here. They took it so bad that they thought Mr. Hanh was a threat and planned to attacked him. But nothing happened when he came, and raised his hand with bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc flight permission, told them: “I got bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc permission to get a flight. Please tell your family stop crossing oversea. It is dangerous. Give me time to make this happen. Each flight can contain 148 people. I am fighting to get you a humanitarian flight. All you need to do is to tell your family to fill in bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc registration form and I will make this flight happen. Don’t risk your life by crossing over bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc sea anymore.”

They were so thrilled, some even kneel down to say thanks.

And he made it happen. bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc humanitarian flight from programs “Obstacles Departure Procedures” (ODP - to take bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc people from former regime to USA) and program “Humanitarian Operation” (HO) was respectively taken place. These humanitarian actions were praised by bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc global news, but still, Mr. Hanh had a goal on his mind he needed to complete. That goal was to transform bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc humanitarian flights into commercial flights. But he has to wait for bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc right day. And it finally came. On 28/11/1988, he contributed to happenings of bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Aviation Pact. With this pact, Vietnam is no longer put under bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Embargo by bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc US and started to operate bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc commercial flight with other countries. Only then, bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc mission, from Prime Minister Pham Van Dong to Mr. Hanh, was complete. He handed over bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc rest for bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Vietnam Airline and Philippines Airline.

 

REWARD AND 2 THINGS TO REMEMBER

By bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc time Vietnam has its first international flight with Philippines, Mr. Johnathan Hanh Nguyen was only 35 years old. What makes a young man risk his stable life to conduct a dangerous flight despite many challenges? “bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc answer is bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc love for country.” – He said.

After completing his mission, Mr. Hanh and President’s brother-in-law was invited by Minister Pham Van Dong to a meeting. He said to Hanh Nguyen: “Thank you. This country owns you.”. Then he rewarded his family 8 visas to go from Philippines to USA. After visiting Minister Pham Van Dong, Mr. Hanh met Mr. Tran Quynh, bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Vice President of bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Ministry Council. He held Mr. Hanh’s hands, told him: “There’s 2 things I want you to remember. First, when establish business in Vietnam, you need patience. Second, when operate business, you need to obey bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc laws of Vietnam, bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc regulation of bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc Party. Then you will get all bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc support and protection from Vietnam Government & people.” It took a while to figure out bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc true meaning of these words, he said. When Vietnam opened bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc gate to bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc world, there’d be conflicts, obstacles that needed bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc patience to run bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc business for bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc flight route.

"That time, in order to keep bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc flight route open, I had lost 5 million USD. But if I shut down bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc flight route to stop bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc loss, then all bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc efforts have been made would become nothing. After that, I found out that there are many regulations and laws was in bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc way of bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc business I ran and invested in Vietnam. Things that if I hadn’t tried my best to obey, I would have lost in bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc wrong track in bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc later years. So that was bóng đá trực tuyến xôi lạc 2 most precious things that I have been advised and still keep to myself till this day, after 35 years of my business establishment in Vietnam." – Mr. Hanh told.

 

Source:Báo Giao Thông