New airport to dwarf Tan Son Nhat; needs $6 billion

Construction of a new southern airport four times the size of country’s largest airport will cost come US$6 billion in its first stage, according to the project’s investor.

The state-owned Southern Airports Corporation (SAC) will conduct a geological survey this month around the location of Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai – some 40 kilometers to the northeast of Ho Chi Minh City, SAC said in a meeting with local authorities on Wednesday.

The province is hiring foreign consultants for a related zoning project covering 20,000 hectares around the airport, from which at least 5,000 households will need to be relocated, said Tran Van Vinh, vice chairman of Dong Nai’s People’s Committee.

Once operational in 2020 at the latest, the Long Thanh airport will handle 100 million passengers a year, compared to 15-17 million of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC, according to SAC.

D.T – H.Dung

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