Problems must be settled for Long Thanh airport construction: PM
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 29 asked the southern province of Dong Nai to complete the handover of cleared ground for the first-stage construction of Long Thanh international airport by the end of this first quarter.
PM Pham Minh Chinh inspects progress of the project (Photo: VNA)
Dong Nai (VNA)ꦏ – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 29 asked the southern province of Dong Nai to complete the handover of cleared groundfor the first-stage construction of Long Thanh international airport by the end of this first quarter.
During a working session with ministries,agencies, localities and stakeholders of the project aftermaking a fact-finding trip earlier the same day to the construction site, he assigned them to responsibility for the work under their watch and solve existing issues. The Government has directed the establishment of a working groupled by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha to oversee and speed up the project,PM Chinh revealed. At the construction site, he asked ministries, agencies,localities and investor to hasten the implementation of the project, with qualityguaranteed.
Covering a total area of more than 5,580hectares, the Long Thanh international airport will spread across six communesin Long Thanh district, Dong Nai province. The airport’s total investment is336.63 trillion VND (14.6 billion USD), with construction divided into threephases.
In the first phase, arunway and one passenger terminal along with other supporting facilities willbe built at a cost of 109.112 trillion VND to serve 25 million passengers and1.2 million tonnes of cargo each year.
The project started in 2021. Once fully completedby 2050, the airport will be able to handle 100 million passengers and 5million tonnes of cargo annually.
♈ Located 40km east of Ho Chi Minh City, theairport is expected to relieve overloading at Tan Son Nhat internationalairport in the southern metropolis, now the country’s largest airport./.
Work started on September 29 on flight management works – the component Project No.2 in the first phase of the Long Thanh International Airport Project in the southern province of Dong Nai.
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PM Pham Minh Chinh inspects progress of the project (Photo: VNA) 
