What is slowing down Vietnam’s transport infrastructure projects?
Among other things, the country’s land acquisition procedures are creaky, opaque, and difficult to appeal.
Southern province to get special-use airport to free up civilian facilities
The defense ministry has agreed to upgrade a French-era airport in the southern Binh Phuoc Province exclusively for use by special flights.
17 new bus routes proposed at Tan Son Nhat airport
The Hai Van International Transportation Joint Venture Company has suggested launching 17 new bus routes connecting HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat airport with major bus terminals and residential areas.
Int’l air passengers to Vietnam in October down 60%
Foreign air passenger numbers through 22 Vietnamese airports in October fell 61.8% against pre-pandemic levels to 1.3 million amid slow international tourism recovery.
More public bus routes proposed at Tan Son Nhat airport
Bus service at Tan Son Nhat airport should add two more routes to ease congestion and give passengers more choice, the HCMC Management Center of Public Transport proposed.
Vietnam’s biggest airport in the making still stuck at site clearance
Construction of Vietnam’s biggest airport to be has slowed down with 70 ha of land yet to be transferred to contractors.
Public buses at Tan Son Nhat airport fail to attract passengers
Bus services at Vietnam’s biggest airport Tan Son Nhat remain idle as customers find them inconvenient and operators complain of intimidation by other transport providers.
Vietnam to start work on Long Thanh airport in December
Work on the runway for Vietnam’s Long Thanh airport will begin in December almost two years after the project’s groundbreaking ceremony. It follows calls from the country’s prime minister to expedite the work.
Government eyes commercial use of three military airports
Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has ordered agencies to study the possibility of using two military airports in the central and southern regions and one in Hanoi for civilian purposes.
As Vietnam provinces demand new airports, experts point to inefficiency
Experts are voicing concerns that too many airports would result in low economic efficiency as multiple provinces seek their own.
Vietnam’s Con Dao airport to close for 9 month expansion
The project will allow the facility to increase its capacity by a factor of five.
Begin work on HCMC airport third terminal in Q3
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh wants construction of Terminal 3 at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport to begin this quarter and be completed in 2024.
Thousands of Vietnamese flights delayed in June
The Ministry of Transport has ordered Vietnamese airlines to improve on punctuality after more than 5,600 flights were delayed in June with late-arriving aircraft cited as the main reason.
Work on Long Thanh airport stalls, PM wonders if deadline will be met
Construction of Vietnam’s biggest airport at Long Thanh in Dong Nai Province has stopped with groundbreaking, and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is unhappy.
Many limitations persist in megaproject Long Thanh Airport
Long Thanh airport, set to be Vietnam’s largest when completed, will have an annual capacity of 100 million passengers.
Vietnam scraps rapid Covid test requirements for int’l passengers
International passengers entering Vietnam will not need to receive rapid tests for Covid-19 upon boarding or embarking planes, the Government Office announced.
Trouble remains a week after int’l flights resume
Current Covid pandemic prevention protocols including medical declaration on different apps and rapid testing rules have left domestic carriers navigating troubled skies.
Road project to ease traffic congestion around Tan Son Nhat airport
A road project linking with the third terminal of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC is expected to begin work in the second quarter of next year.
Quarantine rule will keep international flights grounded, experts warn
Experts said aviation authorities’ plans to resume commercial flights carrying foreign tourists into Vietnam from later this year would be unfeasible if the seven-day quarantine rule remains unchanged.
Passengers with fever above 37.5 degrees Celsius to be barred from flights : Noi Bai Airport
Passengers at Noi Bai International Airport in Vietnam’s Hanoi capital will not be allowed to board planes if they have a body temperature of over 37.5 degrees Celsius after three measurements, according to a new COVID-19 prevention rule.
Sa Pa Airport approved, to cost $305 mln
An airport will be built in the northern mountain resort town of Sa Pa, Lao Cai Province, at a cost of VND6.95 trillion ($305.24 million) under public-private partnership mode.
Cam Ranh welcomes first int’l flight in months
37 South Korean experts landed at Cam Ranh International Airport in the central province of Khanh Hoa on Saturday, the first international flight to enter the province since late April.
Stop regular Hanoi-HCMC flights: Vietnam aviation authority
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CVAA) has proposed that all flights between Hanoi and HCMC are stopped as the nation fights a prolonged Covid-19 wave.
Aviation authority proposes airport upgrade on Con Dao island
The national aviation authority has proposed widening a runway and building more taxiways and aprons on the southern Con Dao Island to further tap its tourism potential.
Flights from HCMC to Hue, Quang Nam to be suspended over Covid fears
The Ministry of Transport decided Friday to suspend flights from HCMC to Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam Provinces as Covid-19 infections rise at an alarming rate in the city.
Vietnam, Singapore eye resumption of flights
Vietnam and Singapore on Monday agreed to work toward recognizing each other’s vaccine certificates to soon resume commercial flights.