Overview of Long Thanh international airport in the future (Photo: ACV) Dong Nai (VNA) – Work on a passenger terminal at Long Thanh International Airport in southern Dong Nai province is scheduled to start in August, the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) announced at a working session on July 6 with the provincial People's Committee.
The construction and equipment installation package for the terminal costs over 35 trillion VND (1.52 billionUSD) and it will be carried out in 39 months, said the ACV - the project's investor.
In August, the constructionof various components of the Long Thanh airport, such as a runway, taxiway, apron,and connecting roads, will commence.
According to the People'sCommittee of Long Thanh district, the Long Thanh airport is being built on an area of 5,000ha, with the first phase covering over 2,530ha. To date, thedistrict has essentially completed land clearance for the first phase. As forthe two connecting roads to the airport, the district is expediting landclearance.
About the construction of 11 social worksin Loc An - Binh Son resettlement area spanning over 280ha in service of theairport, five of them have been completed and basically completed. The work on the remainders has been resumed after a long period of delay. Thousands of people havealready relocated to the resettlement area.
Starting in 2021, the LongThanh International Airport project covers six communes in Long Thanhdistrict. It has total investment is 336.63 trillion VND and is divided intothree phases.
A corner of Long Thanh international airport (Photo: ACV)
In the first phase, a runway and one passengerterminal along with other supporting facilities will be built at a cost of109.1 trillion VND to serve 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes ofcargo each year.
Once fully completed by 2050, the airport will beable to handle 100 million passengers and 5 million tonnes of cargo annually.
Located 40km east of Ho Chi Minh City, it isexpected to relieve overloading at Tan Son Nhat International Airport,currently the country’s largest, in the southern metropolis./.
