📋 Tender Overview
Vietnam Aviation Administration has just sent a document to the Ministry of Construction; Steering Committee for preparations for operation of Long Thanh International Airport on preparations to put this airport into official operation from December 1, 2026. Download The trial operation of Long Thanh airport is expected to be implemented by ACV in September-November 2026. According to the report of Vietnam Airports Corporation (ACV), items under Project Component 3 include: flight area, passenger terminal, cargo terminal, intra-port traffic system, technical infrastructure and auxiliary works are being focused on completion to meet the target of operation from December 1, 2026. In addition, ACV also plans to carry out trial operation in September-November 2026. Trial operation is expected from September 2026. The Vietnam Aviation Administration assesses that the amount of work that needs to be done in the final phase of the project is still large. After completing construction, the technical systems must continue to be inspected and tested synchronously, evaluating the ability to operate under actual operating conditions, overcoming arising problems and completing acceptance and operating licensing procedures according to regulations before being put into use. Therefore, the Vietnam Aviation Administration requires investors and operators to proactively prepare complete records and technical documents, and closely coordinate with competent authorities during the inspection process. investigation and evaluation to minimize the need to supplement and complete documents many times, affecting the overall progress. Basically completing the work of ensuring flight operations. Regarding the work of ensuring flight operations, VATM is synchronously implementing component 2 project including works and system to ensure flight operations. Information systems, navigation, surveillance, air traffic control towers, flight procedures and specialized equipment are basically completed, are being tested, calibrated and completed procedures according to regulations. After ACV officially connected the entire ports electrical system, VATM is currently focusing on constructing the items of laying technical cables, signal information,... from the air traffic tower to related works (navigation tower, weather radar, wind measurement station...). The Aviation Department will continue to coordinate with VATM to inspect, evaluate, complete exploitation conditions and prioritize the handling of licensing procedures under its authority as soon as the technical conditions are fully met. For the Component project 1 includes the headquarters of the State management agency (airport authority, customs, border gate police, immigration management, medical quarantine, animal and plant quarantine), items are being implemented synchronously, ensuring to meet state management requirements as soon as the port comes into operation. Meanwhile, Component projects 4 include airline catering service projects (2 projects), ground commercial technical projects (2 projects), Hangar projects (2 projects) basically meet progress requirements and ensure commercial operations in December 2026. In addition, airlines and aviation service providers have proactively developed plans to train human resources, prepare equipment, operations processes and operational conversion plans. Assessing the progress of completing the main items mentioned above basically meets the requirements to serve the planned operations goals, however, leaders of the Department of Aviation Vietnam believes that the period from now until the time of exploitation is a decisive period, focusing on a large amount of work related to completing works, testing operations, testing, calibration, licensing, certification of exploitation and organizing coordination between agencies and units. Long Thanh International Airport was built on an area of more than 5,000 hectares in Long Thanh commune, Dong Nai province. The project has a total estimated investment of more than 16 billion USD, divided into 3 phases. Of which, phase 1 is more than 5.4 billion USD, with a capacity of 25 million passengers/year and 1.2 million tons of goods/year; includes 4 component projects. PTTSee moreLong Thanh airport will be completed and put into use in December 2026See morePrime Minister Le Minh Hung chaired a meeting to remove obstacles and promote the implementation of the Long Thanh airport projectSee morePrime Minister chaired a meeting to remove obstacles and promote the implementation of the Long Thanh airport projectSee moreOpen the entire Long Thanh intersection from the end of May See moreSpeed up the construction progress of Long Thanh airport City and Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay ExpresswaySee moreDetermination to put Long Thanh International Airport (phase 1) into operation in 2026See moreMany incentives for airlines choosing Long Thanh airport to operate
