Construction of the first detail of Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai starts on January 5.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a proposal from the Ministry of Planning and Investment to add three industrial parks (IPs) in southern Dong Nai province to the national planning for IP development towards 2020.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) will invest over VND99 trillion (US$4.3 billion) in the third component project of the first stage of the Long Thanh international airport in the southern province of Dong Nai.

Construction of the proposed Long Thanh international airport in the southern province of Dong Nai is expected to start next month as promised by the State-owned Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), the airport’s main developer.

Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK), Park Byeong-seug, held a working session with the Samil Vina and Hyosung companies, based in the southern province of Dong Nai, on November 4.

Investment capital for the first phase of the construction of Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai was high compared to other international airports, said the State Appraisal Council.

The occupancy rate at operational industrial parks in the major industrial localities in the south averaged 84.5% during January-September, according to a report from CBRE Vietnam.

The cost of the first phase of Long Thanh International Airport has been cut by VND2.4 trillion (US$103.5 million) by the State Appraisal Council.

The southern province of Dong Nai has basically completed ground clearance work to the first phase of Long Thanh International Airport, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

The Ministry of Transport has approved Dong Nai province’s proposal to widen Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh expressway to 10 lanes from its current four.