This afternoon, July 6, in Gio Quang commune, Gio Linh district, the People's Committee of Quang Tri province and the joint venture of investors T&T - CIENCO 4 solemnly held the groundbreaking ceremony for the Quang Tri Airport construction investment project.
Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan; Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long, leaders of ministries, sectors, investors, and leaders of Quang Tri province pressed the button to start the Quang Tri Airport project - Photo: Le Minh
Attending the groundbreaking ceremony, on the central side were: Party Central Committee member, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan; Party Central Committee member, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long; Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Communist Magazine Le Hai Binh; Founder, Chairman of the Strategy Committee of T&T Group Do Quang Hien; representatives of the Government Office, departments, ministries and branches.
On the side of Quang Tri province, there were: Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation Le Quang Tung; Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Dang Quang; Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vo Van Hung; members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, leaders of the Provincial People's Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee; provincial leaders of different periods; representatives of investment promotion organizations, foreign diplomatic agencies in Vietnam and many domestic and foreign investors and enterprises; leaders of departments, branches, sectors, enterprises and a large number of people in the province attending.
Total investment capital over 5,800 billion VND
The Quang Tri Airport construction investment project was approved by the Prime Minister for investment in construction under the public-private partnership (PPP) method in Decision No. 2148/QD-TTg dated December 20, 2021 and the Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee approved the Feasibility Study Report in August 2023.
Delegates attend the groundbreaking ceremony of Quang Tri Airport Project - Photo: Le Minh
The project aims to meet the increasing demand for air transport, contributing to promoting political, economic and social development; at the same time ensuring high mobility in defense as well as in rescue work; ensuring national defense and security of the Central region in general and Quang Tri province in particular; in line with the planning and orientation of transport development.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony - Photo: Le Minh
Quang Tri Airport is located in Gio Quang, Gio Hai and Gio Mai communes, Gio Linh district. This project covers an area of over 265 hectares, with a total investment of over VND5,800 billion, and is built to meet the standards of a level 4C airport (according to the International Civil Aviation Organization - ICAO) and a level II military airport, capable of developing and operating Code E aircraft, meeting the needs of operating up to 5 million passengers/year and 25,500 tons of cargo/year.
The project implementation period is 50 years, of which the project preparation and construction investment period is 24 months; the operation and toll collection period is 47 years and 2 months. It is expected that by July 2026, Quang Tri Airport will be put into operation and use.
Quang Tri Airport is identified as one of 16 domestic airports in the 2021-2030 period and one of 19 domestic airports with a vision to 2050 according to the Master Plan for the development of the national airport and airport system in the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050 approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 648/QD-TTg dated June 7, 2023.
Previously, Quang Tri Airport was also approved for planning by the Ministry of Transport in Decision No. 188/QD-BGTVT dated January 26, 2021. At the end of December 2023, Quang Tri province awarded the Decision approving the results of investor selection and the Business Registration Certificate of the PPP project enterprise to the consortium of investors T&T Transport Infrastructure Investment and Development Company Limited (a member of T&T Group) and CIENCO4 Group Joint Stock Company.
Quang Tri possesses an important geo-economic and political position, being the intersection of the North-South and East-West economic axes, with favorable traffic conditions by road, rail and waterway, including the country's vital traffic routes; especially the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC), the shortest trans-Asian route connecting countries in the region from Myanmar - Thailand - Laos through Lao Bao International Border Gate to Central Vietnam and expanding to the ASEAN region.
With these advantages and potentials, the operation of Quang Tri Airport will contribute to "opening the sky", stimulating tourism, combining freight transport, logistics, serving the development of industrial parks, economic zones, commercial services, airport urban areas; at the same time contributing to ensuring national defense and security; serving rescue work...
Machinery and equipment preparing for construction of Quang Tri Airport Project - Photo: Le Minh
In addition, Quang Tri Airport will also become a highlight in terms of transport infrastructure, an important condition to attract domestic and international enterprises to invest. In particular, the project will realize the long-standing aspiration of the Quang Tri people with the desire to shorten the North-South journey, creating the most favorable conditions for people across the country and families with relatives and comrades who fought and sacrificed on the Quang Tri battlefield; international friends to come to the land and people of Quang Tri more conveniently, quickly and easily.
Founder and Chairman of the Strategy Committee of T&T Group Do Quang Hien speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony - Photo: Le Minh
Founder and Chairman of the Strategy Committee of T&T Group, Do Quang Hien, said: The Group has devoted a lot of effort to the land of Quang Tri. T&T Group is committed to mobilizing all resources to complete the Quang Tri Airport, making the project a driving force for local economic development; at the same time becoming a bridge connecting people across the country to the sacred land of Quang Tri.
Along with other large-scale, dynamic projects on energy, infrastructure, and real estate of T&T Group that are being implemented and proposed for investment, T&T Group is determined to stick with and accompany Quang Tri, realizing the goal by 2030, making Quang Tri a province with a development level among the fairly developed provinces of the country according to the Quang Tri Provincial Planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050 approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 1737/QD-TTg dated December 29, 2023.
“Open the sky - take off and fly”
Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vo Van Hung emphasized: Quang Tri Airport - a project symbolizing peace and realizing the aspiration of "Opening the sky - taking off and flying" of the Party Committee, government, army and people of Quang Tri. This is the first airport project in the country to be invested in under the public-private partnership (PPP) model right after the Law on Investment under the public-private partnership model took effect.
Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vo Van Hung speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony - Photo: Le Minh
Quang Tri Airport will open the door to the sky for Quang Tri to "unleash its potential" thanks to its large land area and favorable terrain; exploiting its outstanding tourism strengths with beautiful beaches, amazing nature reserves and famous revolutionary historical relics.
In particular, it will promote the development of energy industries with great potential in solar power, wind power, and gas power to contribute to making Quang Tri province one of the energy centers of the Central region.
In order to put the project into operation in 2026, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vo Van Hung requested departments, branches and localities to consider this as one of the key political tasks to actively and proactively coordinate and accompany investors, and resolve related issues to speed up the project implementation progress.
Gio Linh District People's Committee needs to continue to do a good job in site clearance, mobilizing the entire political system, especially the forces in communes, villages, and residential communities to speed up the completion of land acquisition, support, and resettlement. In order for people to agree and hand over the site soon, it is necessary to implement the motto "Affected people must be resettled when moving to a new place of residence that is better than the old place".
The joint venture of investors implementing the project ensures progress and quality, especially ensuring the environment around the project area; pays attention to and prioritizes labor recruitment and job creation for local people, especially households that must be cleared, relocated, and have their land cleared to implement the project.
On the side of Quang Tri province's leaders, they committed to accompany and create all conditions for the investor consortium to implement the project according to the set plan.
Support and facilitate investors to implement projects
In his speech assigning tasks, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long commended the People's Committee of Quang Tri province, the Ministry of Transport, relevant ministries and branches, the project management board, consulting units, and investors for overcoming difficulties, completing many procedures, clearing land, and creating favorable conditions for project implementation.
Commend the sense of responsibility, support and consensus of the people in the project area to quickly and effectively carry out the relocation, resettlement and handover of hundreds of hectares of land for project implementation. At the same time, highly appreciate the determined companionship of the investor consortium in developing the transport infrastructure of Quang Tri province.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long assigned tasks to Quang Tri province, central ministries, branches and investors - Photo: Le Minh
The Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Transport and relevant ministries, branches and units to continue to pay attention, support and be responsible for promptly resolving procedures as well as removing difficulties and obstacles in the process of construction, acceptance and putting the project into operation and exploitation.
Quang Tri province needs to create the most favorable conditions for investors, construction units and consultants during the project implementation process, especially ensuring the progress of site clearance, resettlement, maintaining security and order; strengthening inspection and supervision to ensure the quality of the project.
In order to make the most of air transport, from now on, Quang Tri province needs to proactively develop mechanisms, policies; plans and programs for socio-economic development, especially spiritual tourism development, combining the effective exploitation of the province's potentials and advantages, especially the amazing nature reserves and beautiful beaches in the area.
The project management board, supervision consultants and contractors promote the highest sense of responsibility, mobilize human resources, modern machinery and equipment, develop scientific, detailed and suitable construction plans and methods, ensure efficiency, quality, safety and environmental protection; strictly comply with technical requirements and legal regulations, and prevent corruption and negativity.
Le Minh
Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/khoi-cong-du-an-cang-hang-khong-quang-tri-186748.htm
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