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Deputy Prime Minister instructs study on upgrading Dien Bien airport

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has instructed the Transport Ministry to coordinate with the northwestern province of Dien Bien and relevant ministries to study the upgrading of Dien Bien airport in the province.
Deputy Prime Minister instructs study on upgrading Dien Bien airport ảnh 1Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) –Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has instructed the Transport Ministry tocoordinate with the northwestern province of Dien Bien and relevant ministries tostudy the upgrading of Dien Bien airport in the province.

The Government’s Office has justreleased a document on the Deputy PM’s instructions on the implementation of aproject on upgrading the Dien Bien airport in accordance with approvedplanning.

According to the PrimeMinister-approved development plan for aviation transport to 2020 with a visionto 2030, the upgrade of Dien Bien airport will be considered and carried outfrom now to 2020, in order to remove a bottleneck in transport and allow the mountainous province of DienBien to attract investment and better tap its advantages and potential, particularly in tourism.

Under Decision 2501 of the Transport Ministry,Dien Bien airport is envisioned to have an annual capacity of 300,000passengers and 500 tonnes of cargo by 2020. Its capacity will be raised to 2million passengers and 10,000 tonnes of cargo by 2030.  

In the period from now to 2020, theairport will serve flights between Dien Bien and Noi Bai airport in Hanoi andCat Bi airport in the northern city of Hai Phong.

By 2030, two more routes will beopen to connect Dien Bien with the central city of Da Nang and Tan Son Nhatairport in Ho Chi Minh City.

After 2030, it might be upgradedfurther into an international airport with services to Laos, Cambodia, Myanmarand Thailand.-VNA
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