A land lot in Long Duc commune, Long Thanh district, to be used for building Long Thanh airport (Source: VNA) Dong Nai (VNA) – Authorities in the southern province of Dong Nai are workinghard to ensure site clearance for the Long Thanh Airport project is completedby October.
Nguyen Dong Thanh, Director of the Dong Nai provincial LandFund Development Centre, said that to build the airport, the State will revoke5,000 hectares of land, including 1,800 hectares from 17 offices andorganisations. The Dong Nai Rubber Corporation will be the hardest hit withover 1,700 hectares to be revoked.
Dong Nai has finished compensation payments to thecorporation to build two household resettlement areas in Loc An and Binh Soncommunes in Long Thanh district, while the corporation has also begun demolishingrubber trees to hand over the site.
Long Thanh Airport is a national key project. Covering atotal area of more than 5,580 hectares, the airport will cross six communes inLong Thanh district. Its total investment is 336.63 trillion VND (14.35 billionUSD), with construction divided into three phases.
Work on the first phase is expected to start in 2021, during which a runway and a passenger terminal along with other support workswill be built to serve 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargoeach year. The first phase is expected to be completed by 2025.
Once fully operational, Long Thanh Airport will reduce theload on Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City. It is expected tohandle 100 million passengers and 5 million tonnes of freight each year./.