Construction of Long Thanh int’l airport accelerated
Construction work at the Long Thanh International Airport project in the southern province of Dong Nai is accelerated to ensure the project's scheduled pace.
The ground leveling and water drainage bidding package of the project is ahead of schedule. (Photo: VNA)
Dong Nai (VNA) – Construction work at the Long Thanh International Airport project𒁏 in the southern province of Dong Nai is accelerated🃏 to ensure the project's scheduled pace.
The ground levelingand water drainage bidding package of the project is ahead of schedule,according to Nguyen Khac Phong, vice director of the project management board under the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), the investor of phase one of the airport project. The ACV said it has completed bomb and mineclearance on more than 1,500 ha out of the total area of phase one of 1,800ha, and built boundary walls in clearedareas.
Construction of Long Thanh int’l airport accelerated. (Photo: VNA)
Meanwhile, the contractor for the foundation work expects to finish the work in October.
The ACV is urgently preparing necessary conditions to completethe appraisal and selection of contractors for the building of the passengerterminal in June, while construction of two routes connecting the airport isscheduled to commence in December this year.
Work on the airfieldinfrastructure such as take-off and landing runways, taxiways, andaprons will start simultaneously at the end of this year and be completed inthe fourth quarter of 2024. Meanwhile, work on auxiliary facilities is expected to begin inMarch 2023 and completed in January 2025.
Covering a total area of more than 5,580hectares, the Long Thanh International Airport will spread across six communesin Long Thanh district in Dong Nai province. The airport’s total investment is336.63 trillion VND (14.47 billion USD), with construction divided into three phases.
In the first phase, a runway and one passengerterminal along with other supporting facilities will be built at a cost of 109.112trillion VND to serve 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargoeach year.
The project started in 2021. Once fully completed by 2050, the airport will be able to handle 100 million passengersand 5 million tonnes of cargo annually.
Located 40km to the east of Ho Chi Minh City,the airport is expected to relܫieve overloading at Tan Son Nhat internationalairp﷽ort in the southern metropolis, now the country’s largest airport./.
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The ground leveling and water drainage bidding package of the project is ahead of schedule. (Photo: VNA) 
Construction of Long Thanh int’l airport accelerated. (Photo: VNA) 
