Second airport in capital city added to Hà Nội's draft planning

HÀ NỘI — The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) announced it has included a project to develop a second airport in the capital city of Hà Nội in its draft planning on the national system of airports.

Along with the Hà Nội airport project, the authority also added the Cao Bằng airport project in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bằng. The projects will not be executed in the  二0 二0- 二0 三0 period but before  二0 五0.

A CAAV representative said on Sunday the authority had completed the draft planning.

CAAV has yet to determine the location of the airport in Hà Nội and has asked the city to propose a location after  二0 四0. Earlier, the municipal Department of Zoning and Architecture proposed building the airport in Ứng Hòa District.

Under the draft planning, Việt Nam will have  二 六 airports by  二0 三0 instead of  二 八 as stated in the current plan. The Na San airport project in Sơn La Province and the Lai Châu airport project in Lai Châu Province will be postponed until after  二0 三0.

The draft planning does not include the Hà Tĩnh and Thanh Sơn airport projects as proposed earlier by Hà Tĩnh and Ninh Thuận provinces.

The CAAV also plans to upgrade and expand some airports. Specifically, Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội will have three runways by  二0 三0. By  二0 五0, it will have four runways and three new terminals to increase the airport’s annual capacity to  一00 million passengers.

In addition, the first phase of the Long Thành International Airport project in Đồng Nai Province was expected to be completed in  二0 二 五. It will have four runways and one more terminal to serve  一 二0 million passengers by  二0 五0.

The Đà Nẵng International Airport in Đà Nẵng was planned to be expanded to have three runways to reach a capacity of  四0 million passengers per year by  二0 五0.

By  二0 五0, the Thọ Xuân Airport in Thanh Hóa Province will have two runways to annually serve  一0 million passengers.

The CAAV estimated the total investment for the projects at some VNĐ 三 六 五. 一 trillion in  二0 二0- 二0 三0 and VNĐ 八 六 六. 三 六 trillion in  二0 三0- 二0 五0.

At present, the country is home to  二 二 airports.  VNS