Dong Nai: Communes’ administrative boundaries changed for airport
The administrative boundaries of six communes in Long Thành District, the southern province of Dong Nai, will be officially changed starting in June to make space for the planned construction of Long Thanh International Airport.
A rendering of the proposed Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai (Photo: Courtesy of Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV)
Dong Nai (VNA) - The administrativeboundaries of six communes in Long Thành District, the southern provinceof Dong Nai, will be officially changed starting in June to make space forthe planned construction of Long Thanh International Airport.
The changes were approved by the province’s People’s Council at its meeting on May28.
On May 29, the People's Committee of Dong Nai province held a ceremony announcing a resolution of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on changes of administrative boundaries of six communes in Long Thanh district.
The six communes are Suoi Trau, Binh Son, Cam Duong, Long An, Long Phuoc and BauCan.
The People’s Committee of Long Thanh District sent land acquisition decisionsto 5,283 households in the communes.
From June, Suoi Trau Commune will be no longer on Long Thanh District’sadministrative map as 1,385ha of the commune’s area is included in the project,leaving just 126ha. Only parts of the other five communes will be affected.
Chairman of the commune People's Committee Nguyen Van Hiep said that about2,300 households with about 6,700 people living in the commune would changetheir residency to Binh Son or Bau Can communes.
Hiep said the authority had prepared for the change and arranged staff to helpresidents change their information in legal documents like residency books,identification cards and birth and death certificates if needed.
As a key national project, Long Thanh International Airport has totalinvestment of 336.63 trillion (14.4 million USD) with construction divided intothree phases.
In the first phase, a runway and one passenger terminal along with othersupporting works will be built to serve 25 million passengers and 1.2 milliontonnes of cargo each year. The first phase is expected to be completed by 2025.
In the second phase, one more runway and another passenger terminal will bebuilt to serve 50 million passengers and 1.5 million tonnes of cargo ayear. After the third phase, the airport will be able to serve 100 millionpassengers and 5 million tonnes of cargo a year.
♍ Next month, the Ministry of Transport will submit a feasibility studyfor the project's first phase to the Prime Minister and the NationalAssessment Council. If it is approved by the Prime Minister, the council andthe National Assembly, work to flatten the land ahead of construction willbegin in October, 2020. Construction is expected to start on the firstrunway in December, 2021 and on the terminal in March, 2022.-VNA
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has urged relevant units to complete a feasibility report on the construction of the first phase of the Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai as soon as possible.
Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has asked the consultancy agencies of Long Thanh international airport to complete the project’s feasibility study by May 30, so the ministry can consider and verify it before submitting to the Government in early June.
The southern province of Dong Nai has asked the Government to allocate more than 400 billion VND (17.23 million USD) to build two roads that would connect the province's National Road No. 51 up to Long Thanh International Airport, which is expected to start construction next year.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the southern province of Dong Nai to closely coordinate with the Ministry of Transport, investors, and relevant agencies in building, assessing, and completing the feasibility report on the Long Thanh International Airport project.
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A rendering of the proposed Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai (Photo: Courtesy of Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) 
