Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee works with Northern Airports Corporation

(Baonghean) - On the afternoon of December 27, comrade Ho Duc Phoc - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province had a working session with the leaders of the Northern Airports Corporation on the project of building a passenger terminal at Vinh Airport, the project of building fences and public roads.

Also working were Mr. Le Manh Hung - General Director of Northern Airports; leaders of the Departments of Construction, Transport, Natural Resources and Environment, Vinh City,

Comrade Ho Duc Phoc spoke at the meeting.

Vinh Airport was renovated and upgraded in 2003, but is now overloaded and cannot meet local needs. The Northern Airports Corporation has developed a project to upgrade Vinh Airport, and the project has been approved by the Ministry of Transport.

Accordingly, the terminal is designed to receive 2.5 million passengers/year (currently 500,000 passengers), expand the parking lot to 6 positions, designed for heavy aircraft to stop and park. In addition, other projects such as fences and service roads have also been initiated. On behalf of the People's Committee of Nghe An province, comrade Ho Duc Phoc requested the Airport Corporation to study the plan to expand and lengthen the runway for large aircraft to take off and land, to meet the long-term development of the locality, upgrade the terminal to level 2...

On behalf of the People's Committee of Nghe An province, comrade Ho Duc Phoc assigned the departments to focus on solving the necessary procedures, which must be completed by January 15, 2012 at the latest to approve the project. The project is expected to start on May 19 and be completed after 2 years.

Mr. Tuan