Dien Bien airport expansion project to kick off in December
A project on expanding and upgrading Dien Bien airport in the northwestern province of Dien Bien is scheduled to begin in December and be completed in October 2023, according to a direction issued by Deputy Minister of Transport Le Anh Tuan.
Hanoi (VNA) – A project on expanding andupgrading Dien Bien airport in the northwestern province of Dien Bien isscheduled to begin in December and be completed in October 2023, according to a directionissued by Deputy Minister of Transport LeAnh Tuan.
The expansion project was approved on March 27 with the aim ofincreasing its capacity to 500,000 passengers per year. The AirportsCorporation of Vietnam (ACV) is the investor of the project, which is estimatedto cost 1,547 billion VND (67 million USD).
The airport will be upgraded to receive large aircraft suchas Airbus A320s and A321s and those with equivalent sizes.
In his direction, Tuan tasked the ACV to ratify the project in September so mine clearance could start in October.
In December, the project will begin, with the apron constructedimmediately.
The terminal section will be built from January 2022. In April2022, the runway will be constructed.
The old airport is expected to close from April 2023, with theproject expected to finish in October 2023.
The Dien Bien Airport, 500 kilometers to the west of Hanoi,is the largest and the only commercial airport in the northwestern region ofVietnam.
It was originally a military airport built in 1954. It begancommercial operations in 1994. It has one 1,830-meter runway that can handleshort-haul ATR72 and smaller aircraft. Its current capacity is 300,000passengers per year./.
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At the Dien Bien airport (Photo: VNA) 
