Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh makes field trips to key projects in Nghe An province. (Photo: VNA) At Vinh international airport, the Government leader agreed withthe proposal of the provincial People’s Committee to increase the annual capacityof the airport in a master plan from eight million to around 12 millionpassengers by 2030, and from some 14 million to 15 million passengers by 2050.
He tasked the Ministry of Transport with theexpansion and upgrading of the airport, suggesting investment under thepublic-private partnership (PPP) model.
Visiting Cua Lo deepwater port, Chinh said the portplays an important role to local industrial development, noting that the port, together with airport, expressway and railway, will help to spursocio-economic development in Nghe An.
The construction of the deepwater port should becompleted within this tenure, he requested.
The PM also visited a coastal route project runningthrough five localities of Nghe An with a total length of nearly 80km and totalinvestment of 4.65 trillion VND (198.6 million USD).
Apart from the project expanding National Highway 46in Nghe An, Chinh also made a fact-finding trip to the Ban Mong IrrigationReservoir project, the biggest of its kind in the province with investmentamounting to 3.7 trillion VND.
Although 95 percent of the workload has beencompleted, the project has yet to be put into operation partially due tolimitations in capital allocation, the leader pointed out.
He assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment to coordinate with the Ministry of Justice, the Government Officeand the Ministry of Planning and Investment to review relevant legalregulations and submit a report to the Government./.
VNA
