The Long Thanh International Airport, situated near its namesake township in the southern province of Dong Nai, is a national key project. Once fully operational, the airport is expected to reduce the load on the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City and become a major international aviation hub in the region.

The project is made up of three investment phases with the ultimate goal of making the airport capable of serving 100 million passengers and handling 5 million tonnes of cargo annually.

The project’s first phase costs an estimated 111.69 trillion VND or about 4.78 billion USD. In this phase, one runway and one terminal along with other components will be built to handle 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargo a year. It is scheduled to be put into use in 2025 at the latest.

According to the Government’s plan, the State-owned Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) will be the investor and operator of the aiport, who will use its own capital to invest in the construction of the State management administrative building and essential component buildings of the airport.

Source: VNA