A Vietjet Air flight landed safely at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on May 7 despite heavy rain and strong crosswinds.

Between April 29 and May 4, more than 12,610 flights took off and landed at airports across the country, marking a 19.45% increase compared to the same period last year. Passenger volume reached over 2.09 million, up 25.83%, while cargo volume rose by 18.57% to 23,360 tonnes.

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

The biometric system is set for deployment at Tan Son Nhat between April and June, while at Noi Bai between March and September.

During the Tet holiday, Tan Son Nhat International Airport served approximately 1.38 million passengers while Noi Bai International Airport processed around 900,000 passengers, and Da Nang International Airport handled over 381,000 passengers.

Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City is gearing up for an unprecedented surge in both flights and passengers during the 2025 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has adjusted the flight capacity at Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport, in a bid to meet peak travel demand during the upcoming 2025 Lunar New Year Festival, the largest traditional festival in Vietnam.

Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City is gearing up to handle a surge in passenger traffic during the upcoming National Day holiday (September 2), with an estimated 120,000 travelers expected to pass through its terminals each day.

The planning for 30 airports, both international and domestic, is expected to be completed by 2025 under a master plan on airport development for 2021-2030 with a vision towards 2050.

The electronic toll collection (ETC) system will be officially and simultaneously implemented at five airports namely Noi Bai, Cat Bi, Phu Bai, Da Nang and Tan Son Nhat from May 5, aiming to create more favourable conditions for vehicles entering and exiting the airports, according to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV).

The construction of the T3 passenger terminal at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City is set to finish two months ahead of schedule, aiming to be completed in time for the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and the National Reunification (April 30, 1975 – 2025).

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines now begins sending automatic messages to notify passengers of departure gates at three airports of Noi Bai, Da Nang, and Tan Son Nhat.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines begins sending automatic messages to notify passengers of departure gates at three airports of Noi Bai, Da Nang, and Tan Son Nhat.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat is among the international airports with the lowest flight cancellation rates this summer, at less than 0.3%, according to FlightAware.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has decided to increase the landing and takeoff frequency at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City based on the transport needs of airlines from now to February 20, 2022.

An ambitious plan to invest billions of dollars into Vietnam's airport system is one step closer to reality.

As many as 1,113,400 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on August 13 morning, according to the Vietnam Vaccine Company (VNVC).

The latest batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Japanese Government landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on July 16 morning.

Despite important achievements in transport infrastructure development towards a synchronous and modern direction over the past years, transport systems have still been a bottleneck in the country’s path to industrialisation and modernisation, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has said.