Monday, January 11, 2021, 12:29 GMT+7
The first flight lands at the newly upgraded runway at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, January 10, 2021. Photo: Cong Trung / Tuoi Tre
A runway of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City has been reopened after being shut down for over six months for an upgrade.
The Ministry of Transport on Sunday organized a ceremony to mark the completion of the first phase of a project on upgrading the 25L/07R runway at the airport.
Vietnam Airlines’ flight VN1828 from Phu Quoc Island was the first to land on the runway at 3:00 pm the same day.
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VnExpress reports that an upgraded runway opened to flight operations on Sunday at both Tan Son Nhat International Airport and Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.
Trần Văn Thi, director of the Cuu Long Corporation for Investment, Development and Project Management, which oversaw the work, told the news source that renovations took just over six months and were completed on schedule. The repaired facilities will help both airports handle the upcoming domestic travel surge for the Tet holiday.
Here in Saigon, an additional four taxiways were also built at Tan Son Nhat, along with an improved signaling system and aviation signs at a cost of US$86 million. Further work is underway, and by the end of this year five old taxiways will be renovated, while new rapid exit taxiways will be constructed as well, in addition to an improved drainage system.
Saturday, January 09, 2021, 12:35 GMT+7
Runway 07R/025 at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City will be put into use again on Sunday after six months of closure for upgrading, according to Cuu Long Corporation for Investment, Development and Project Management of Infrastructure under the Ministry of Transport.
Pham Duy Lai, deputy director of the company, said the inauguration of the newly-upgraded will take place on January 10.
The facility, which is 3.048m long and 45.72m wide, is one of the two runways of Tan Son Nhat, the largest airport in Vietnam.
In mid-December 2020, the investor of the upgrading project hired a foreign agency to conduct flight calibration, ensuring the runway meet 4E technical requirements of international airports.
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06/01/2021 12:42 GMT+7
During the last quarter of 2020, the HCM City Department of Transport sought for the municipal government’s approval of five elevated road projects to be started in 2021.
This is a bid to solve the nightmarish problems of traffic jams at the city’s hotspots.
The erection of elevated roads will definitely ease traffic jams in key traffic junctions in HCM City. This photo shows heavy traffic at the entrance of Tan Son Nhat airport – Photo: Thanh Hoa
Friday, January 01, 2021, 07:55 GMT+7
Fireworks explode over the ionic Hoan Kiem Lake during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Hanoi, January 1, 2021. Photo: Pham Tuan / Tuoi Tre
Enjoy your holiday and please spend some time reading what is in the news today!
Society On New Year’s Eve thousands of people flocked to downtown streets in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang City and elsewhere across the country to usher in 2021 and join a myriad of celebratory activities, including spectacular fireworks and light shows. Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony on Thursday to announce the National Assembly Standing Committee’s resolution on organizing administrative units at the district and commune levels and establishing Thu Duc City.