A corner of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City. (Photo courtesy of ACV)According to anew master plan, the development of the country's airport network isexpected to cost up to 400 trillion VND (17.4 billion USD) by 2030.
A strategy waspreviously submitted to the Government in early November.
The Ministryof Transport has just submitted the revised plan to the Prime Minister forthe development of the national airport system for the 2021-2030period.
Underthe plan, the Ministry of Transport aims the total passenger capacityof the nation's airports will be about 276 million per year, with about4.1 million tonnes of cargo by 2030.
The currentcapacity of airports is only 95 million passengers per year, compared with theplanned target of 144 million passengers per year, reaching just 66 percent.
Freighttransport reached 1 million tonnes per year, compared with the target of 2.5million tonnes of goods per year, reaching 40 percent of the goal.
A leader ofthe Ministry of Transport said that priority would be given to investment in anumber of large airports, which act as hubs in Hanoi and Ho Chi MinhCity such as Noi Bai, Tan Son Nhat and Long Thanh, over the next 10 years.
Work will alsobe undertaken to gradually upgrade 22 existing airports and invest insix new airports to increase the total number of operating airportsacross the country to 28, with a total capacity of about 283 millionpassengers per year.
By 2050, therewill be 31 airports across the country, including 14 international airports (VanDon, Hai Phong, Noi Bai, Tho Xuan, Vinh, Phu Bai, Da Nang, Chu Lai,Cam Ranh, Lien Khuong, Long Thanh, Tan Son Nhat, Can Tho and Phu Quoc).
There willalso be 17 domestic airports, namely Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Sa Pa, Cao Bang,Na San, Cat Bi, Dong Hoi, Quang Tri, Phu Cat, Tuy Hoa, Pleiku, Buon MaThuot, Phan Thiet, Rach Gia, Ca Mau, Con Dao and the secondairport southeast of Hanoi. This is an addition of two airports compared to theprevious plan.
It iscalculated that the expected land use area of the airport master plan to 2030is about 20,378ha, requiring an additional land area of about 7,970ha.
The investmentcapital for the development of the airport system by 2030 is about 400 trillionVND, accounting for about 22 percent of the investment capital of the wholeindustry.
The investmentcapital will be mobilised from the State budget, non-budget capital and otherlegal capital sources. By 2050, there will be two international air transporthubs of regional stature in Hanoi and HCM City.
By the end of2030, the country is to operate a network of 28 airports with Hanoi and HCMCity as two main transport hubs.By 2050, there will be 31 airports, including 14 international and 17domestic airports.
Regardinginvestment, according to the Ministry of Transport, for investment planning projectsafter 2030, in case localities have investment needs to serve socio-economicdevelopment and mobilise financial resources, they can report to the PrimeMinister for approval of investment.
Data from theMinistry of Transport shows that the country is currently exploiting 22 out of23 planned airports. In which, there are nine international airports and 13domestic airports.
The currentsystem of 22 airports in Vietnam has a reasonable distribution, ensuring that86 percent of the population can access airports within a radius of 100km,higher than the world average of 75 percent and equivalent to countries withlarge coverage in the region and in the world./.
VNA
