Construction planned for three airports in north-west region
VOV.VN - 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.
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.