Striving to exceed the progress of the 3 most important items of Long Thanh and Tan Son Nhat airport projects

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested functional units to strive to exceed the schedule of the three most important items of the Long Thanh and Tan Son Nhat airport projects - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Attending the event at the connecting points were comrades: Politburo member, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen; Party Central Committee member, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha; Party Central Committee members, leaders of departments, ministries, branches, central and local agencies; representatives of domestic and international agencies, units, contractors.

The groundbreaking ceremony was jointly organized by the State Capital Management Committee at Enterprises, the Ministry of Transport, the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, the People's Committee of Dong Nai Province and the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), and was connected online between two locations: Long Thanh, Dong Nai Province and Tan Son Nhat, Ho Chi Minh City.

The packages that have been started include: Construction and equipment installation package for the passenger terminal of Long Thanh International Airport, phase 1; Construction and equipment installation package for the runway, taxiway, and aircraft parking lot of Long Thanh International Airport, phase 1; Construction and equipment installation package for the T3 passenger terminal of Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

National key projects, special level projects

According to ACV, the investment project to build Long Thanh International Airport with a capacity of 100 million passengers and 5 million tons of cargo/year and the expansion project of Tan Son Nhat International Airport with completed port planning with a capacity of 50 million passengers/year are two important national projects, special-level works, of great significance to the development of the aviation industry in particular, the socio-economic development of the key economic region of the South and Vietnam in general.

The two airports form a powerful, modern port cluster, which in the future will become one of the major aviation centers of the region, promoting the competitiveness of Vietnam's aviation industry on the path of international integration, contributing to the successful implementation of the strategic breakthrough in transport infrastructure according to the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress.

Tan Son Nhat International Airport is currently one of the three largest international air gateways in Vietnam, operating one international passenger terminal and one domestic passenger terminal. However, the domestic passenger volume through the existing T1 terminal alone has reached 26 million passengers/year, 1.7 times overloaded compared to the design capacity, and is expected to be more than twice overloaded by 2024. On the other hand, many investment items of the airport have been degraded, outdated, overloaded, and congested over many years of use, affecting service quality and reducing the competitiveness of the locality and the country.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and leaders of ministries, sectors and localities simultaneously pressed the button to start construction of three important packages with a total investment of about VND53,000 billion for the Long Thanh International Airport project and the Tan Son Nhat T3 passenger terminal construction project - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

The Tan Son Nhat T3 passenger terminal construction project includes three main items: a passenger terminal, a high-rise parking garage combined with non-aviation services, and a flyover system in front of the terminal, with a total investment of nearly VND11,000 billion.

In particular, the construction and equipment installation package of T3 terminal is the most important item, with a total investment of nearly VND 9,300 billion, expected to be constructed in 20 months (600 days) and will be completed and put into trial operation in the beginning of the second quarter of 2025.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and leaders of the Ministry of Transport, Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and several ministries, departments and branches pressed the button to start the construction of the T3 passenger terminal project at Tan Son Nhat airport - Photo: VGP/MH

Upon completion, T3 passenger terminal will be a domestic passenger terminal with a capacity of 20 million passengers/year, serving 7,000 passengers/peak hour, and operating all types of aircraft (Code C and Code E).

Meanwhile, the Long Thanh International Airport project is among the 16 most anticipated airports in the world, an important national project, demonstrating the great determination, the correct direction of the Party and State, and the strong aspiration of Vietnam to rise. Phase 1 of the project will invest in a scale of 1 runway and 1 passenger terminal along with synchronous auxiliary items with a capacity of 25 million passengers/year and 1.2 million tons of cargo/year.

It is expected that after completing all phases, Long Thanh International Airport will reach a capacity of up to 100 million passengers/year. This is not only the largest airport in Vietnam, but also aims to become one of the international aviation transit centers in the region, expected to make Vietnam an attractive destination on the international aviation map, not only "giving wings" to the development of the aviation industry, but also bringing positive benefits to the socio-economic development of the region and the whole country.

Of which, the construction and equipment installation package for the Long Thanh passenger terminal project is worth more than VND35,000 billion, with a construction period of 39 months. This is also the most important item of the Long Thanh International Airport construction investment project phase 1.

The Prime Minister discussed with representatives of contractors, construction, design, and supervision consultants for Long Thanh airport project - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

The construction and installation package for the runway, taxiway, and apron of Long Thanh International Airport Phase 1 is worth more than VND7,300 billion, with a construction period of about 23 months (700 days) - the second largest package of component project 3 of Long Thanh airport to date.

These are two important packages of the project, directly related to safe and efficient flight operations, so technical accuracy is a top priority. The most advanced technologies and state-of-the-art equipment are also applied to the project to build a modern, smart Long Thanh airport, comparable to airports of the same scale in the world.

According to Chairman of the Board of Directors of ACV Lai Xuan Thanh, in order for the bid packages to fully meet the conditions for commencement of construction according to the provisions of law, first of all, it is thanks to the encouragement, motivation, close, drastic and continuous direction and supervision of the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers, the State Steering Committee, and central ministries and branches.

Mr. Lai Xuan Thanh recalled that the Prime Minister, leaders of Ho Chi Minh City, and many ministers inspected and held direct meetings at the construction site, decided on strategic issues, resolved difficulties and obstacles in project implementation, including specific obstacles such as demolition and land allocation.

The leaders also directly cared, urged and reminded about improving the working and living conditions of the construction site staff, raising the sense of responsibility of ACV leaders towards the task. The leaders of the Ministry of Transport and the State Capital Management Committee regularly held direct meetings at the construction site.

The Prime Minister presents gifts to officials and workers at the construction sites of two projects in the southern key economic region - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

6 important requirements for bidding packages

Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of the three packages, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized the role of the two projects in the Southern key economic region, which are of great significance to domestic and international connectivity, contributing to the implementation of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress and Resolution 24 of the Politburo on the Southeast region.

Developing infrastructure, especially transport infrastructure, is one of the three strategic breakthroughs of our Party and State. Practice has proven that transport in general and airports and ports in particular bring about clear effects on socio-economic development, security and national defense. Wherever transport develops, it will open up development space, many urban areas, industrial parks, services and tourism areas will be formed, and land funds will be exploited effectively.

As an important part of the transport infrastructure system, aviation infrastructure is highly specific, complex and deeply integrated internationally. Developing aviation transport infrastructure aims to strengthen and expand transport methods to share and connect domestically and internationally, thereby promoting socio-economic development and performing the task of ensuring national defense, security, and protecting territorial sovereignty (including airspace, sea and land).

However, the development of aviation infrastructure requires synchronous, modern, sustainable investment, in line with the development trend of world aviation, in which airports play a key role. In recent years, aviation infrastructure in our country has been upgraded, expanded, and newly built with many investment resources from the State and socialization, but has not kept up with the growth and development of the country and the world; many airports have become overloaded both in the sky and on the ground, especially Tan Son Nhat airport.

Analyzing the trend of integration and the improvement of people's lives, leading to the need for aviation development, the Prime Minister said that aviation is the fastest form of transportation with many advantages.

Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

The Long Thanh International Airport Phase 1 Project and the Tan Son Nhat T3 Passenger Terminal Construction Project are two particularly large projects, playing an important role in the national airport network system, belonging to important projects related to security, defense, and socio-economic development of the Southern key economic region in particular and the whole country in general.

Once completed, these two projects will contribute to making Vietnam a major transportation hub in the region and the world, opening up new development space with an "aviation economic ecosystem", creating new growth momentum, promoting development and enhancing national competitiveness.

The Prime Minister acknowledged, highly appreciated and commended the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of National Defense, Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai Province, the State Capital Management Committee at Enterprises, ACV and relevant ministries and branches for proactively and actively coordinating to remove many difficulties and obstacles, especially procedures on bidding, land, investment, capital and completing procedures according to regulations to start construction of 3 bidding packages, with the participation and support of the people.

The groundbreaking ceremony of the three most important items of the two airport projects is an important event, a milestone in the development of the aviation industry, a meaningful "gift" on the occasion of the August Revolution and National Day September 2. This is also the most specific and clear result demonstrating the utmost efforts of the investor, the participation of the Government, ministries, branches and localities in the past time.

As these are very large projects with complex techniques, the groundbreaking ceremony of the three packages is just the first step, the tasks ahead are still very heavy. The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Ministry of National Defense, the State Capital Management Committee at Enterprises, central ministries, departments and branches, the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and the People's Committee of Dong Nai province to perform well the state management function, strengthen inspection and supervision; promptly support and remove difficulties in the project implementation process, promote the progress of the project with the common goal of ensuring the quality, progress, safety and efficiency of the project as assessed and approved.

The Ministry of Transport and the State Capital Management Committee at Enterprises continue to closely coordinate with the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, the People's Committee of Dong Nai province, and relevant ministries and branches to direct investors to organize the implementation of projects to ensure quality and safety, strive to exceed schedule, complete the project soon, put it into operation, avoid unreasonable capital increase, and prevent corruption, negativity, and waste.

ACV actively coordinates with the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, the People's Committee of Dong Nai province, relevant ministries, branches and agencies to promptly resolve difficulties and problems during the implementation process; actively inspects and supervises the construction process to ensure compliance with legal regulations, quality assurance, technical and aesthetic standards, absolute safety, and no negativity or waste. Pay attention to the lives of cadres, workers and laborers participating in the construction of projects.

Units are ready to construct with the highest sense of responsibility - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Contractors must perform with the highest sense of responsibility, strictly comply with construction laws, mobilize sufficient machinery, equipment, and human resources to construct the project to ensure quality and progress; strictly prohibit the use of substandard or substandard materials, or construction without sufficient materials as required... Investors and supervision consultants must be responsible if contractors commit violations that affect the quality of the project. If violations are discovered, they will be strictly handled.

Contractors and supervisors have said they must do it, have committed to do it, must do it effectively and quantifiable by specific products, with the right quality, regulations, and schedule, without waste or negativity; the construction process must be scientific and safe.

The Prime Minister requested that people in the areas affected by the project continue to accompany the project for the national interest; support and create favorable conditions for the project to be completed smoothly and on schedule.

The Prime Minister affirmed that the Government, steering committees, ministries, branches and agencies with responsibilities and powers will fully support, assist and remove obstacles so that investors and contractors can complete these two very important projects.

The Prime Minister emphasized 6 requirements that the subjects participating in project implementation must seriously grasp: First, ensure progress and strive to exceed progress; second, improve quality; third, do not unreasonably increase capital, do not divide bidding packages; fourth, ensure safety, technology, aesthetics, environmental sanitation; fifth, fight corruption, negativity, group interests, waste at all stages; sixth, ensure the legitimate rights and interests of the people, ensure the harmony of interests of the state, people, and enterprises, contribute to training a team of both red and professional cadres, improve the quality and qualifications, and enhance the capacity of the cadres in the field of transportation in particular and the cadres of the political system in general.

The Prime Minister wished the projects to be completed on schedule, with quality, achieving the set goals, meeting the expectations of the people and the trust of the Party and State.

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