From December 1, 2025, passengers will not have to take off their shoes or leave their laptops alone when going through security.

Long Thanh International Airport is expected to be the first airport to apply advanced technology to scan shoes and laptops in carry-on luggage, helping passengers not to have to leave them separately when going through security.

Sharing at the discussion "Enterprises in the digital age: Imprints of creation and global integration" on October 8, Mr. Pham Quang Hieu, Deputy Head of Environmental Technology Department, Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), said that this unit is applying many technologies in the steps of check-in, security check, and boarding.

Mr. Pham Quang Hieu, Deputy Head of Environmental Technology Engineering Department, Vietnam Airports Corporation. Source: BTC

One of the technologies that will be applied here is modern security screening equipment, which helps passengers not to take off their shoes or remove liquids or electronic devices from their carry-on luggage. This technology will be applied soonest at Long Thanh International Airport.

According to the current security check process, passengers must take off and remove their shoes, phones, laptops, etc. and put them in plastic trays, put them on the conveyor belt through the scanner. The scanners at airports are of the old technology generation, low resolution, difficult to observe details and identify complex objects.

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It is estimated that each passenger spends 3 to 4 minutes taking off shoes, belts, watches or coats, which could amount to more than 7 million hours of work per year. If converted to the current minimum hourly wage, the economy could lose nearly 150 billion VND per year due to suboptimal procedures.

Advanced screening technologies are part of ACV's digital journey. They plan to implement the "paperless airport" initiative, through the national electronic identification application VNeID from December. Accordingly, passengers at airports managed by ACV can use VNeID to authenticate their identity instead of presenting their ID card, CCCD or airline ticket.

The aforementioned automated biometric authentication helps passengers experience a seamless flight process, from booking, check-in, security check to boarding, shortening check-in time and reducing congestion during peak hours, eliminating the risk of identity fraud.