Design of Tan Son Nhat International Airport’s T3 Terminal in HCM City. (Photo courtesy of ACV) Speaking at a press conference held after the monthly Governmentmeeting, the Deputy Minister said it is important to have work on the airport’snew terminal start soon.
The site dedicated for the new terminal is mainly national defenceland. The municipal People’s Committee will appraise and approve the siteclearance compensation, and issue a decision of the revocation of the land.
The contractor and investor have to have enough financialresources, technical design documents and approved bidding procedures.
The investor has approved the plan of technical design andselected the contractor for the project's foundation since the end of July.
Earlier, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the airport andcalled on work to start in the third quarter of this year and for thecontractor to be ready for the project.
The municipal People’s Committee will soon issue two decisionsapproving compensation and site clearance plans, and revoking land.
Construction of the project will begin one week later after theland revocation and site handover are completed. It is expected to start workfrom December 15 to 25.
The growth in the number of passengers after the COVID-19 pandemichas reflected a strong recovery of the economy, the aviation industry andtourism activities. However, it caused an overload at major airports in thecounty such as Noi Bai in Hanoi and Tan Son Nhat in HCM City.
In recent years, the number of passengers travelling via the TanSon Nhat airport has increased strongly to nearly double its designed capacity.
In 2020, the Government approved the project to build T3 Terminalat the Tan Son Nhat airport at a cost of nearly 11 trillion VND (448 millionUSD), using the Airports Corporation of Vietnam's (ACV) budget.
More than 16ha of military land is required to build the newterminal. Construction is expected to take 37 months.
Once operational, it will be able to serve up to 20 millionpassengers annually.
The new terminal will handle domestic flights, helping to easepressure on T1 Terminal that is currently overloaded.
However, implementation of the project has been delayed due tosome obstacles such as site clearance and procedures relating to land useplanning.
The Government leader urged the construction to be completed inSeptember 2024 at the latest.
The Ministry of National Defence was tasked to complete siteclearance, and the Ministry of Transport to oversee the construction./.
VNA
