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| A view of Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Ho Chi Minh City__Photo: VNA |
A conference was held in Hanoi on July 14 to announce the master plan on airport development for the 2021-30 period with a vision toward 2050, which shows that Vietnam will have 33 airports in the next two or three decades.
According to Deputy Minister of Transport Le Anh Tuan, the airport development blueprint is the final one among the 5 major master plans the ministry has mapped out for the transport system of the country. The number of airports in Vietnam will increase from 22 currently in operation to 30 in a near future to serve the country’s socio-economic development, he said.
He asked the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) to work closely with the Ministry of Defense, relevant agencies and localities to implement the master plan and propose adjustments in due course.
The official said that in the time to come, the ministry will finalize a project to mobilize resources for national airports and submit it to the Prime Minister.
CAAV Director Dinh Viet Thang said that under the master plan, in the 2021-30 period, Vietnam will have 30 airports, including 14 international and 16 domestic ones. By 2050, the number of airport will increase to 33, with three more domestic added, including one in the south of Hanoi - the second in the capital city.
The master plan aims to ensure that by 2050, 95 percent of the country’s population can reach airports within 100km and logistics centers that can accommodate over 250,000 tons per year will be established at airports with high transport demand. In addition, an international transshipment logistics center will be built at Chu Lai airport in the central province of Quang Nam.
The development of the national airport system by 2030 is estimated to cost about VND 420 trillion (USD 17.77 billion), which will be mobilized from the State budget and other sources, according to the master plan.- (VNA/VLLF)
