Construction of the first phase of the Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai will begin on January 5, 2021, and is scheduled to be completed in 2025.
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| An artist's impression of Long Thanh Airport in Dong Nai. |
Construction of the first phase of the Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai will begin on January 5, 2021, and is scheduled to be completed in 2025.
Earlier, the state-owned Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), which will build and operate the airport, thoroughly checked the land for bombs, mines and other unexploded ordnance.
The $4.6 billion first phase of the mega airport has been approved by the government. It will include a four-kilometer runway, taxiways, aprons, and a 373,000-square-meter terminal with a capacity of 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tons of cargo a year.
There will be three phases, which will be completed by 2040. By then, there will be four runways, four terminals and other facilities to handle 100 million passengers and five million tons of cargo annually.
It is situated 40 kilometers east of HCMC. The city’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport is currently operating at far above its designed capacity of 25 million passengers.
The country has 22 civilian airports.
(Source: VNExpress)
