Noi Bai Airport’s Terminal T2, Nhat Tan Bridge inaugurated

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung on Jan 4 cut the ribbon to inaugurate the second terminal of the Noi Bai International Airport, Nhat Tan Bridge and the road connecting the bridge and the airport.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung on January 4 cut the ribbonto inaugurate the second terminal (Terminal T2) of the Noi BaiInternational Airport, Nhat Tan Bridge and the road connecting thebridge and the airport.

The three national key projects wereconstructed with investment from the Japanese Government’s officialdevelopment assistance (ODA) loans and the Vietnamese Government’scorresponding capital.

Speaking at the ceremonies,Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said that the landmark projectssymbolise the fruitful traditional friendship between Vietnam andJapan.

He took the occasion to express thanks tothe Japanese Government and people for their support and collaboration,saying that he hopes both sides will further step up cooperationactivities to enhance the bilateral strategic partnership.

Theofficial stated that under Hanoi’s master plan by 2030 with a visiontowards 2050, the Nhat Tan-Noi Bai road, along with other belt-roads,will contribute to perfecting the capital city’s modern transportsystem.

Meanwhile, Nhat Tan Bridge will helpdeal with traffic jam on the Thang Long-Noi Bai route and reducetravelling costs from the centre of Hanoi to adjacent provinces, headded.

Construction of the 8.93 km bridge, one ofseven bridges spanning the Red River, started in March 2009 at a totalcost of 13.6 trillion VND (639.2 million USD).

With eight lanes, Nhat Tan Bridge is one of the three bridgeshaving the largest number of suspension spans in the world, built byJapan’s cutting-edge technologies.

The NhatTan-Noi Bai route is expected to serve the Noi Bai InternationalAirport’s development strategy and boost the socio-economic developmentof Hanoi’s outskirts districts of Dong Anh and Soc Son.

The 12.1 km road, which was constructed at a cost of more than 6.7billion VND, is named after General Vo Nguyen Giap. It will help halvethe time to travel from Hanoi to Terminal T2.

Meanwhile, covering an area of around 139,216 sq.m, the nearly 1billion USD four-storey terminal has an annual capacity of serving 10million passengers in the 2015-2020 period and 15 million passengers inthe ten years later.

T2 is expected to helpreduce the strain on T1, which has served passengers on both domesticand international flights until now.

The same day, Guest House VIP A of the Noi Bai Airport was also put into service.-VNA

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