NA permits Gov’t to choose investor Long Thành Int’l airport The Government has the right to choose an investor for the Long Thành International Airport project in the southern province of Đồng Nai, according to the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee.

Deputies question Long Thành Airport investor choice Heated debate broke out in the National Assembly yesterday over the Government’s preferred investor for the Long Thành Airport project, as the firm will have to borrow billions of dollars to be capable of building the airport.

Đồng Nai to assist people affected by Long Thành Airport construction

Authorities in the southern province of Đồng Nai plan to establish hi-tech agricultural co-operatives to create jobs for those over the age of 40 who are affected by the construction of  Long Thành International Airport.

Deputy PM urges IFC to buy stakes in major commercial banks IFC has already invested in the Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank), Sacombank and ABBank. 

Govt wants construction of Long Thành airport to begin in early 2021

The construction of Long Thành International Airport must be started by early 2021, Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng said during a visit to its site on Wednesday (16 October).

NA Standing Committee convenes 38th meeting Three draft laws – the revised Law on Enterprises, the revised Investment Law, and the law on amendments and supplements to articles of the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Supporting Tools – will be discussed at this meeting.

Gov’t proposes naming ACV as investor in Long Thành airport The Government has proposed naming State-owned Airports Corporation of Việt Nam (ACV) as the main investor for the first phase of Long Thành International Airport in the southern province of Đồng Nai.

Deputy PM receives Governor of Japan’s Aichi prefecture Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ welcomed cooperation and investment proposals by Japan’s Aichi prefecture while meeting with its Governor Omura Hideaki in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Việt Nam’s airports overwhelmed as passenger numbers keep rising The 21 Airports in Việt Nam are overloaded with the number of passengers estimated to increase to over 112 million this year against a capacity of 96.05 million.

Đồng Nai urged to hand over land for Long Thành airport project The Ministry of Transport has urged Đồng Nai Province to speed up site clearance, compensation and resettlement for affected households so that construction on the long-planned Long Thành International Airport can begin next year.