Deputy PM inspects runway upgrading at Noi Bai airport
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on August 25 required the project management and contractors to ensure the quality, progress and safety of a project on upgrading a runway of Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport.
During his field trip to the airport, Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung stressed aviation security and safety must be maintained during the construction.(Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on August 25 requiredthe project management and contractors to ensure the quality, progress andsafety of a project on upgrading a runway of Hanoi-based Noi Bai InternationalAirport.
Duringhis field trip to the airport, the official stressed aviation security andsafety must be maintained during the construction.
Heasked relevant ministries and agencies to prioritise capital to the projectsrepairing runways of Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho ChiMinh City.
Accordingto the transport ministry’s Thang Long Project Management Board that monitorsthe construction, 7 percent of the workload of the Noi Bai project has beencompleted, with 260 billion VND (11.2 million USD) disbursed.
Theboard has submitted a plan on speeding up the pace of the project with a viewto completing the upgrade of the 3,000m runway 1B by November 30 so that it canbe put into service at the end of December.
Thetransport ministry reported to the Deputy PM on the revision of the master planfor the airport to 2030, with a vision towards 2050, which has been conductedby a French consultation firm since June 2019.
Accordingly,Noi Bai will be a civil-military airport, reaching level 4F of theInternational Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
By2030, the airport can serve 63 million passengers and handle 2 million tonnesof cargo each year. The numbers will reach 100 million passengers and 5 milliontonnes in 2050, the ministry said.
Notably,it will have three runways by 2030 and four by 2050, along with four terminals.
DeputyPM Dung noted that last year, Noi Bai welcomed 29 million passengers ascompared with its designed capacity of only 25 million, and the overload wouldget worse in the years to come.
Dung,therefore, urged the ministry to soon complete the revised master plan toreport to the government and Prime Minister before it is approved this year,and make investment proposals to the National Assembly./.
After two days of the Government’s decision to ease social distancing while continuing measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 epidemic in the new context, preventive measures have been strictly implemented at the Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport.
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During his field trip to the airport, Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung stressed aviation security and safety must be maintained during the construction.(Photo: VNA) 
