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The 8th session of the 14th –tenure National Assembly opened in Hanoi at 9am on October 21.

The eighth session of the National Assembly (NA) will consider many draft laws and resolutions during its sitting for 27 days before wrapping up on November 27, said Nguyen Hanh Phuc, Chairman of the NA Office, on October 17 during the NA Standing Committee’s 38th meeting.

The Government has considered mobilising capital from domestic enterprises to invest in the first construction phase of Long Thanh international airport project.

Long Thanh International Airport project consists of three phases, with 4 runways, 4 passenger terminals and auxiliary facilities.

The State-owned Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) will directly invest in building the Long Thanh International Airport, without using ODA capital.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the southern province of Dong Nai to closely coordinate with the Ministry of Transport, investors, and relevant agencies in building, assessing, and completing the feasibility report on the Long Thanh International Airport project.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked for the feasibility report on the Long Thanh International Airport project to be completed and submitted soon so that it can be considered by the National Assembly in late 2019, ensuring that the construction of the project starts in 2020 as scheduled.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) will work on solutions, mechanisms, and policies to push forward the mobilisation of resources for transport infrastructure development in the second half of this year, said chief of the ministry’s office Nguyen Tri Duc.

The southern province of Dong Nai will continue to review and make necessary preparations to ensure rapid and efficient compensation and resettlement so that the Long Thanh International Airport project could be kicked off in 2019, said a local official.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) plans a 25 percent year-on-year increase in revenue to 13.3 trillion VND (583.6 million USD) this year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the southern largest economic of Ho Chi Minh City to create a favourable start-up environment for those with great willpower.

A draft resolution on the settlement of bad debts at credit institutions and a bill on amendments and supplements to the Law on Credit Institutions were high on the agenda of the National Assembly (NA)’s sitting on June 7.

The 10th session of the 14th National Assembly Standing Committee commenced in Hanoi on May 15.

The Aviation Airport Corporation has started collecting feedback from the local community in HCM City regarding the architectural plan of Long Thanh International Airport’s passenger terminal.

The People’s Committee of the southern province of Dong Nai on December 12 met leaders of Bechtel Corporation, the largest construction and civil engineering company in the US, who are on a fact-finding trip to the province to learn about the Long Thanh International Airport project.

Authorities from Dong Nai had a working session on January 12 with representatives from the RoK’s KyungSung University and the Hwasung Vina Company to discuss human resources training.

Residents in the southern province of Dong Nai who will be resettled to other areas to make way for construction of Long Thanh International Airport expect the project to commence.

Seven contractors from the US, Japan and the Europe wish to join the Long Thanh International Airport project as the Feasibility Study (F/S) contractor.

The Prime Minister has put forward some solutions to accelerating the progress of the Long Thanh International Airport project.

As many as 4,730 households in the southern province of Dong Nai will be relocated to make room for construction of the Long Thanh international airport.