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PM okays French firm’s plan to expand Tan Son Nhat airport

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed with the proposal of the French consultant company ADP-I to build a new passenger terminal south of Tan Son Nhat aiport in Ho Chi Minh City as part of the airport expansion plan.
PM okays French firm’s plan to expand Tan Son Nhat airport ảnh 1 The Tan Son Nhat International Airport has become seriously overloaded, forcing many flights to wait in the air to land (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc has agreed with the proposal of the French consultant company ADP-Ito build a new passenger terminal south of Tan Son Nhat aiport in Ho Chi MinhCity as part of the airport expansion plan.

The terminal, with infrastructure meetinginternational standards, is expected to serve 20 million passengers per year,helping increase the capacity of the airport to handle 50 million passengersper annum by 2025.

The Tan Son Nhat International Airport has become seriouslyoverloaded, forcing many flights to wait in the air to land. The airport has adesign capacity of 25 million passengers but the passenger throughput in 2016was 32 million and in 2017 over 36 million, making the expansion of the airportan urgent task.

The French firm recommendedbuilding support facilities including a cargo terminal and an aircraftmaintenance station in the airport’s northern area.

According to the PM, this could handle overloadin air transport, ensure effective land use and reduce investment costs andguarantee safety and security in line with regulations of the International CivilAviation Organisation.

The government leader assigned the Ministry ofTransport to direct the French consultant company to continue working with theVietnamese counterpart ADCC under the Ministry of National Defence to completethe adjustment of the expansion plan, ensuring efficiency, especially in landuse in the north and the south of the airport.

He asked the ministry to work with the HCM CityPeople’s Committee to devise feasible measures to reduce traffic jams aroundthe airport.

The ministry must finalise legal dossiers forapproving the adjustment of the expansion plan and relevant planning schemes inaddition to devising mechanisms and policies to implement the projects,particularly defining a roadmap to build support facilities in the northernarea of the airport, the PM said.

He entrusted the Ministry of National Defence towork with the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Natural Resources andEnvironment and the HMC City People’s Committee to review the use of land fordefence purpose in areas around the airport and relocate camps of militaryunits to adjust the defence land use plan.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment and theMinistry of Finance are responsible for addressing shortcomings to ensure theprogress of projects.-VNA

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