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Design of Tan Son Nhat airport’s new terminal inspired by ‘Ao dai’

The design inspired by the image of ‘Ao dai’ (Vietnamese traditional long gown) – one of the country’s cultural symbols - has been selected for Terminal T3 of Tan Son Nhat International Airport.
Design of Tan Son Nhat airport’s new terminal inspired by ‘Ao dai’ ảnh 1Design of Terminal T3 inspired by the image of ‘Ao dai’ (Photo: ACV)
Hanoi (VNA) – The design inspired by the image of ‘Ao dai’ (Vietnamese traditional long gown) – one of the country’s cultural symbols - has been selected for Terminal T3 of Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son NhatInternational Airport.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) – the investor ofthe project – has recently completed and approved the design of the terminal,and organised bidding to select contractors so as to start construction in thethird quarter of this year.

Design of Tan Son Nhat airport’s new terminal inspired by ‘Ao dai’ ảnh 2Design of Terminal T3 (Photo: ACV)
According to the investor, Terminal T3 will have a softcurved roof stretching from the terminal to the garden at the centre of thecommercial-office complex, reminiscent of the flap of the Vietnamese ‘Ao dai’.

Recently, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh orderedconstruction of Terminal T3 be started in the third quarter of 2022 and thefacility be put into use in September 2024.

PM Chinh also asked the Ministry of National Defence to workwith relevant parties to hand over 16.05ha of land under its management for theterminal project and another 11.89ha for the building of a road linking nearbyTran Quoc Hoan and Cong Hoa roads in Tan Binh district in July.

The T3 terminal project was approved by the Government in2020 at a cost of 10.99 trillion VND (470.5 million USD), using the AirportsCorporation of Vietnam (ACV)’s budget. Construction is expected to take 37months.

Design of Tan Son Nhat airport’s new terminal inspired by ‘Ao dai’ ảnh 3Design of Terminal T3 (Photo: ACV)
Once operational, it will be able to serve up to 20 millionpassengers annually, according to the Prime Minister’s Decision 657/QD-TTg,dated May 19, 2020, that gave the green light to the project.

The new facility will handle domestic flights, thus helping toease pressure on T1 that is currently overloaded and to improve servicequality./.

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