Chairman of the Binh Thuan provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Ngoc Hai (standing) speaks at the working session on February 11 (Photo: VNA) Binh Thuan (VNA) – Work on Phan Thiet Airport,which will be used for both civil and military purposes, in the south centralprovince of Binh Thuan is set to begin in 2020.
According to the aviation transport developmentplan until 2020, with a vision to 2030, the joint-use Phan Thiet airport is oneof the 15 facilities serving domestic flights in Vietnam. It has the totalinvestment capital of about 10 trillion VND (430.5 million USD).
Authorities of Binh Thuan reported that theyhave completed site clearance and handed over 400ha of land to the provincialMilitary High Command and the remaining 145.6ha to the private investor whowill build the airport in the form of BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer).
However, the implementation of procedures forconstructing the military enclave remains sluggish, Director of the Binh ThuanDepartment of Transport Nguyen Hong Hai said at a working session with adelegation of the Defence Ministry on February 11.
Chairman of the provincial People’s CommitteeNguyen Ngoc Hai called on the Defence Ministry to submit a pre-feasibilitystudy report on the building of the airport’s military enclave to the PrimeMinister soon to seek project approval, which will be a legal basis for theministry to carry out the next steps.
At the meeting, Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt.Gen. Tran Don asked Binh Thuan authorities to work closely with the DefenceMinistry to speed up the project, noting that his ministry will submit thepre-feasibility study report to the Prime Minister soon.
This is a big project of political significance,so relevant parties need to promptly complete procedures so as to start theconstruction in 2020, he added./.
VNA
