Vietnamese Government Officially Approves Phase 1 - Long Thanh international Airport Project

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung signed the Decision No. 1777/QĐ – TTg regarding Phase 1 – Long Thanh international airport project approval dated November 11, 2020. Long Thanh international airport is expected to reach 4F level assigned by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and become a crucial international airport of the country as well as one of the international aviation transit hubs in the region.

The first phase of the Long Thanh international airport project will invest in constructing one runway, one passenger terminal and synchronous auxiliary items with a capacity of 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tons of cargo per annum. The estimated total cost of the first phase would be VND109,112 billion, equivalent to USD4,665 million (exchange rate at VND23,390). The project is expected to start by the end of 2020 and put into operation no later than 2025.

Notably, sub-project 3 of essential airport facilities managed by the airport operator is assigned to Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) as a project owner and ACV will raise its own capital for the construction. Sub-project 3 will include initial infrastructures (bomb and mine clearance; site preparation for construction; line 1 and line 2 traffic connections; intersections, roads, parking area, bridge, tunnels; electricity and water systems; drainage, waste water treatment facilities and lighting systems, telecommunications, etc.), airfield facilities (runways, taxiways, aerodrome beacons, ILS/DME system, etc.), apron, aircraft fuel system, passenger terminal, cargo terminal, office buildings and other auxiliary items.

In particular, the key construction items consist of a 4km runway with a width of 75 meters; a system of taxiways and apron, and a 37.3 sq. km passenger terminal designed to handle 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tons of cargo per annum. Following the overall projects approved by the Prime Minister, ACV will accordingly implement further investment processes on sub-projects in compliance with legislation, project quality, implementation progress, and investment efficiency. Long Thanh International Airport will be applied world’s most advanced technologies to easily update the leading innovations in airport construction, management and operation. These technologies will be in accordance with international standards as well as match with the world’s leading airports in term of ensuring efficiency, accuracy and reliance on airport operation with adequate energy saving and backup power functions.

The construction items for the first phase will be synchronously built to meet aesthetic, technical, and quality requirements according to international technical standards and other relevant standards with the aim of fulfilling the objectives, scale, capacity, economic and technical evaluation criteria, investment efficiency together with not exceeding the total approved investment capital under the directions of the National Assembly, the Government and the Prime Minister.