The Minister of Transport, Mr Dinh La Thang, recently paid an inspection visit to the construction site of the new terminal at Da Nang International Airport.

Minister Thang urged the project’s construction units to make every effort to speed up the site clearance and complete preparatory work ready for the ground-breaking ceremony which is scheduled to be held on 15 November.  He stressed the need for the project's management and supervision units to do their utmost to ensure good quality and progress.

Secretary Xuan Anh (second left) and Minister Thang (second right) at the construction site of the new airport terminal

The municipal Party Committee Secretary, Mr Nguyen Xuan Anh, vowed that local authorities would work closely with the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport to deploy the project on schedule. 

Covering an area of over 46,000m², the new 3.6 trillion VND terminal will be able to handle between 4 and 6 million passengers per year.  Developed by the city’s International Airport Investment and Exploitation Joint Stock Company, the project will play a vital role in the national transport sector’s strategies towards 2020 with a vision towards 2030. 

The work is expected to be completed on 29 March 2017 to mark the 42^nd anniversary of the liberation of Da Nang.  Once fully operational, the new terminal will help to further boost the socio-economic development of Da Nang, and the central region and highlands as a whole.