On November 2, the working group of the National Assembly's Economic Committee surveyed the site of the high-speed railway project on the North-South axis and worked on adjusting the investment policy of the Long Thanh airport project.
The working delegation led by Mr. Nguyen Minh Son - Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly's Economic Committee - surveyed the investment location for the construction of the Long Thanh high-speed railway, part of the high-speed railway project on the North-South axis at the Long Thanh airport construction site under construction.
After conducting the survey, the working group worked with the Vietnam Airports Corporation (ACV) on adjusting the investment policy of the Long Thanh airport project.
The working contents include: Investing in the construction of an additional runway in phase 1 of the project with an estimated total investment of 3,455 billion VND; adjusting the implementation time of phase 1 of the project to 2026; allowing the Government to decide on investment for each phase of the project without having to report to the National Assembly for approval before deciding on investment.
Based on the submission No. 10626/TTr-BGTVT dated October 2, 2024 of the Ministry of Transport, the Prime Minister established the State Appraisal Council in Decision No. 1184/QD-TTg dated October 14, 2024 to organize the appraisal of the contents of adjusting the investment policy to add a second runway.
Currently, the State Appraisal Council is carrying out the appraisal work. It is expected that on November 5, 2024, the Government will submit it to the National Assembly for consideration and approval at the 8th session of the 15th National Assembly.
Currently, ACV has arranged enough financial resources, human resources and infrastructure ready to immediately deploy runway number 2 after the National Assembly approves the investment policy.
ACV plans to design and approve the project from the first quarter of 2025 to the third quarter of 2025, with a construction period of 12 months (expected from the fourth quarter of 2025 to the end of the third quarter of 2026), test run and complete procedures for putting into operation in the fourth quarter of 2026.
