A rendering of the proposed Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai. Photo courtesy of Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) Dong Nai (VNA) –Leaders in Dong Nai have criticised theprovincial project management board for delays to resettlement zones for people who have to relocatefor the construction of Long ThanhInternational Airport in the southern province.
This in turn has caused lengthy delays inland acquisition for the project.
The management board hasfailed to demonstrate active efforts to prepare the necessary legal documents for the start of technical andsocial infrastructure development at the Loc An – Binh Son andBinh Son resettlement zones, said Vice Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Tran Van Vinh.
These components have laggedbehind schedule, he said.
Vinh urged the board tofast-track legal procedures for work on the Loc An – Binh Son resettlement zoneto start this April.
He also asked the board toprioritise demarcation and infrastructure development for 500 resettlement landlots so families living in the area designated for the project’s first phase can be relocated quickly.
It must also begin work on other components for the resettlement zones, such as schools, medical centres and markets, the vice chairman added.
The 5,580-hectare Long ThanhInternational Airport will cover six communes in DongNai’s Long Thanh district. To clear the site for the project, Dong Nai will have to acquire land from 18 organisationsand nearly 5,300 local households.
Once fully operational, the airport is expected to reduce the loadon Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho ChiMinh City. Its total investment is 336.63 trillion VND (14.45 billion USD), with construction divided into threephases.
In the first phase,a runway and one passenger terminal along with other support works will bebuilt to serve 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargo each year.This phase, covering an area of 1,810 hectares, is expected to becompleted by 2025.
In the second, anotherrunway and another passenger terminal will be built to serve around 50 millionpassengers and 1.5 million tonnes of cargo a year.
Afterthe third, the airport will be able to serve 100 million passengers and 5million tonnes of cargo a year./.
VNA
