Construction planned for three airports in north-west region

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam has intended to build three airports- Na San, Lai Chau and Lao Cai in the north-west region next year at a total cost of VND9,813 billion.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has intended to build three airports- Na San, Lai Chau and Lao Cai in the north-west region next year at a total cost of VND9,813 billion.

Under the CAAV plan, once Na San Airport in Son La province completed in 2019, it is expected to serve roughly 0.9 million passengers annually by 2020.

Construction of Lai Chau Airport is expected to be finalized in 2022 to cater around 40,000 passengers per year.

Capital resources for building Son La and Lai Chau airports come from the State budget and CAAV.

The remaining airport to be built in the form of Built-Operation-Transfer (BOT) is scheduled for completion in 2019 to welcome approximately 560,000 passengers per annum.