Airplanes park at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA) The proposed airports are in Ha Giang, Yen Bai, Tuyen Quang, Ha Tinh, Kon Tum,Quang Ngai, Khanh Hoa, Dak Nong and Tay Ninh provinces.
The proposal was raised after the CAA spent a month working directly with tenprovinces on the proposal of developing airports in these provinces. Oneproposal for an airport in Moc Chau in Son La province waseliminated because of the unfavourable weather conditions.
CAA urged localities to set up feasibility reports and capital-raising plansfor building the airports, adding that the State budget would not providecapital for developing these airports.
According to the airport planning which the Ministry of Transport submitted tothe Government, there will be 28 airports across the country by 2030 and 31 by2050.
The transport ministry raised six standards for airport development, includingcargo transportation demand, socio-economic development demand, nationaldefence and security, emergency and relief response, natural condition andapproach distance.
Pham Huu Son, General Director of TEDI, which was providing consultancy toairport planning, said that these standards aimed to prevent the waste ofresources and served as the base for private investors to quantify theefficiency when investing in airport development following public–privatepartnerships.
Priority should be given to remote areas and islands or localities with largepotential for tourism development, Son said.
He added that as the economy was developing rapidly, airport planning needed tobe flexible and open to allow localities to actively call for investment indeveloping the infrastructure system.
Currently, there are 22 airports in Vietnam, including 12 international and tendomestic ones. A new international airport, Long Thanh, is under construction./.
VNA
