Vietnam will soon have nine additional airports by 2050 according to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)’s plans to boost the civil aviation sector. The CAA has proposed the Ministry of Transport add nine airports to the national airport planning for 2030 with a vision to 2050.
The proposed airports are in Ha Giang, Yen Bai, Tuyen Quang, Ha Tinh, Kon Tum, Quang Ngai, Khanh Hoa, Dak Nong, and Tay Ninh provinces.
Going ahead, the CAA has urged the local authorities to set up feasibility reports and capital-raising plans for building the airports, adding that the State budget would not provide capital for developing these airports.
As per the report submitted by the Ministry of Transport to the Government, there will be 28 airports across the country by 2030 and 31 by 2050. The transport ministry raised six standards for airport development, including cargo transportation demand, socio-economic development demand, national defence and security, emergency and relief response, natural condition, and approach distance.
Pham Huu Son, General Director of TEDI said: “These standards aimed to prevent the waste of resources and served as the base for private investors to quantify the efficiency when investing in airport development following public–private partnerships. Priority should be given to remote areas and islands or localities with a large potential for tourism development. As the economy was developing rapidly, airport planning needed to be flexible and open to allow localities to actively call for investment in developing the infrastructure system.”
At present, there are 22 airports in Vietnam, including 12 international and ten domestic, while a new international airport, Long Thanh, is under construction.