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Construction of the first detail of Long Thanh International Airport started on January 5. The airport will be built in three phases over three decades, and is expected to become the country’s largest airport. In the first phase, one runway with a length of 4,000m, taxiways, an apron, and a passenger terminal with other auxiliary works sprawling 373,000 sq.m will be built to serve 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargo each year. The airport is designed to have four runways, four passenger terminals, and other auxiliary facilities to ensure a capacity of 100 million passengers and 5 million tonnes of cargo a year by 2040. Covering a total area of more than 5,580ha, the airport will straddle six communes in Long Thanh district. It is expected to cost 336.63 trillion VND (14.5 billion USD), with the first phase needing over 109 trillion VND. Around 4,800 households and 26 organisations are expected to be relocated to make way for it. Located 40km to the east … [Read more...] about Routes leading to Long Thanh airport to be built

Some 200 publications are on display in a section on books and documents on the CPV, telling how the Party led the Vietnamese people to independence and recorded great achievements during “Doi Moi” and the era of international integration, as well as Party building efforts today. … [Read more...] about Exhibition marks 13th National Party Congress

  Addressing the event, Head of the Party Central Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan stressed the significance of the 13th National Party Congress in the development of the Party and the country. The Party Central Committee, Politburo and Secretariat are strictly supervising all the preparations for the event. … [Read more...] about Vietnam ready for 13th Party Congress

Hanoi (VNA) – Tourists visiting Hue monuments in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue sharply fell to over 1 million last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in revenue of more than 106 billion VND (4.6 million USD), down 72.62 percent year on year.Hue Monuments Conservation Centre on January 17. … [Read more...] about Tourist arrivals to Hue monuments slump in 2020

On this occasion, Vietnam Airlines will launch one more flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Phu Quoc, providing 788 seats for passengers a day, an increase 36% compared to the same period last year. … [Read more...] about Rach Gia airport under repair