A Vietnamese deputy prime minister on Saturday said construction of Long Thanh international airport in southern Dong Nai province should start in 2019 at the latest, local media reported.

While inspecting the site designated for building Long Thanh international airport in Long Thanh district, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said Dong Nai and relevant agencies should accelerate preparations work so that the new airport will become operational in 2025, online newspaper Dan Tri reported.

The project's first phase involves in building a terminal and a runway capable of receiving 25 million passengers a year, will be complete in 2025.

Long Thanh international airport will have a design capacity of receiving 100 million passengers and 5 million tons of cargoes each year after the project's all three phases are complete by 2050, according to the Transport Ministry.

The project's investment is estimated at over 16 billion U.S. dollars, including nearly 5.5 billion U.S. dollars for the first phase.
Source:XINHUA