On September 24, during his working trip to Dong Nai province, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspected the progress of the Long Thanh International Airport Project, Phase 1.
The Long Thanh International Airport Project is the largest airport project in Vietnam to date and is of particular importance to the socio-economic development of the Southeast region and the country.
According to the Government Newspaper , from February 2024 (the last time the Prime Minister visited the construction site) to now, just seven months later, many items and constructions have achieved large volumes of construction.
Long Thanh International Airport is the largest airport project in Vietnam to date.
Among these, Component Project 2 – Air Traffic Control Tower has exceeded the schedule by two months. Especially with Component Project 3, the passenger terminal has now completed 100% of the foundation, with construction progress exceeding the schedule by 20 days for the rough construction and 10 days for the overall construction; the runway has basically completed the foundation, three months ahead of schedule.
At the working session at the project site, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh made it clear that this is a symbolic project of the 13th term of the Party. Therefore, the Prime Minister requested to shorten the progress compared to before, with the goal of basically completing this symbolic project by December 31, 2025 to celebrate the 14th National Party Congress, the 80th anniversary of National Day, and 50 years since the liberation of the South and reunification of the country.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested to shorten the progress with the goal of basically completing the project by December 31, 2025.
The Prime Minister emphasized that we have enough basis to shorten the progress and basically complete the project by December 31, 2025, because we have become more mature and have more experience in implementing large infrastructure projects, the procedures have been basically completed, especially the site clearance has been basically completed, and the manpower and machinery on the site are relatively adequate.
Study and Implement Traffic Connections to Long Thanh Airport
The Prime Minister requested to launch a 450-day emulation campaign for the project to reach the finish line by December 31, 2025; continue to make more efforts and show more determination in implementing the construction of the project.
Accordingly, ACV urgently implements the remaining packages of Component Project 3. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development urgently allocates capital to implement the project of headquarters of the animal/plant quarantine station, ensuring synchronous completion with the items of the whole project.
The Ministry of Transport is responsible for and urgently selects investors for Component Project 4, and takes the lead in coordinating the construction schedule of Component Projects 1, 2, and 4 with Component Project 3 of ACV…
Study and implement traffic connections to Long Thanh Airport, including options for railways and subways…
The Prime Minister also requested that the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning and Investment, and the Committee for Management of State Capital at Enterprises implement the directions of the Government leaders on the implementation of the Project to expand the Ho Chi Minh City – Long Thanh expressway.
The Ministry of Transport and related agencies urgently study and implement traffic connections to Long Thanh Airport ( including options for railways and subways… ).
The total estimated investment for the entire Long Thanh Airport is over $16 billion, divided into 3 phases. The total investment for Phase 1 is over $5.4 billion, of which Component Project 3 has a capital demand of $1.8 billion (33%) as of December 13, 2023.
The project was approved in principle by the National Assembly in 2015 with the goal of building Long Thanh Airport into an important international airport, the largest in Vietnam, with an area of over 5,000 hectares, also the largest in Vietnam.
Long Thanh International Airport will have a capacity of 100 million passengers and 5 million tons of cargo per year.
With an operating capacity of 100 million passengers and 5 million tons of cargo per year, the airport will apply advanced and modern technologies in management and operation. The Long Thanh International Airport Project is expected to create 200,000 jobs and contribute 0.98% to Vietnam’s GDP in 2030.
Together with Tan Son Nhat International Airport (expanded) and Bien Hoa Airport (being studied for upgrade and civil operation), Long Thanh International Airport will form a modern cluster of international airports, with large scale and capacity, synchronous and quality operation, becoming a leading aviation and logistics hub in the region and internationally.
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