Dong Nai: Preparing conditions to maximize the advantages of Long Thanh airport

Long Thanh airport and Dong Nai river are identified as potential, advantages, and important driving forces for economic development in the coming time. Therefore, Dong Nai province has prepared the necessary conditions to exploit the maximum advantages when Long Thanh airport comes into operation.

General Secretary To Lam and the Central working delegation inspected the Long Thanh airport project on November 13. Photo: Van Dung

According to the Provincial Party Secretary, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Dong Nai Province, Vu Hong Van, in the 2025-2030 term, Dong Nai always identifies Long Thanh Airport and Dong Nai River as potential, advantages, and important driving forces for economic development in the coming time. Therefore, Dong Nai has prepared the necessary conditions to maximize the advantages when Long Thanh Airport comes into operation.

Specifically, completing routes 1 and 2, Dau Giay - Phan Thiet expressway connecting with Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay expressway, inter-port road to connect traffic to Long Thanh airport.

Currently, Dong Nai is constructing the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau; Ben Luc - Long Thanh; Long Thanh - Ho Tram expressways; Ring Roads 3, 4 - Ho Chi Minh City; intra-provincial traffic routes such as: 25B, 25C, 769E and other related routes. The North - South high-speed railway; Bien Hoa - Vung Tau railway; extension of the urban railway from Suoi Tien to the Dong Nai province's political - administrative center and Long Thanh airport; Thu Thiem - Long Thanh railway are also urgently completing documents for implementation.

Dong Nai Provincial Party Secretary Vu Hong Van proposed a special mechanism so that the province can achieve its double-digit economic growth target. Photo: Cong Nghia

In addition, Dong Nai and Ho Chi Minh City have agreed to coordinate the implementation of traffic projects connecting the two localities such as Cat Lai Bridge, Long Hung Bridge, Phu My 2 Bridge and are studying the fastest traffic connection options from Tan Son Nhat Airport to Long Thanh Airport.

At the same time, Dong Nai is also implementing the urban planning of Long Thanh airport with a total area of ​​43,000 hectares following the modern, green, smart, globally connected Airport City model, making Long Thanh the leading international aviation - logistics center in Southeast Asia.

General Secretary To Lam emphasized that Long Thanh airport must be a new model of modern, sustainable and smart aviation infrastructure. Photo: Van Dung

At a working session with the Central working delegation led by General Secretary To Lam on November 13, Secretary of Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee Vu Hong Van proposed a special mechanism so that the province can complete the double-digit economic growth target for the entire 2025-2030 term and meet the basic criteria to become a centrally-run city by 2030.

Specifically, it is recommended that the General Secretary and the Politburo approve the policy for the Government to summarize and evaluate the results of implementing specific mechanisms and policies as a basis for developing a Resolution of the National Assembly on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Dong Nai province in a number of areas similar to Resolution 98 applied to Ho Chi Minh City so that the two localities have the same mechanisms and policies to attract investment and build inter-regional transport infrastructure.

At the same time, it is recommended that the Government pay attention to and approve synchronously the policy mechanism for the free trade zone of Dong Nai province associated with Long Thanh airport and the Cai Mep Ha free trade zone associated with the seaport to connect the two free trade zones, supporting each other to compete with international free trade zones.

Proposal to approve the policy of adding the Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien metro line extension project to Dong Nai province and Long Thanh airport to the list of urban railway projects piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies according to Resolution No. 188/2025/QH15 (dated February 19, 2025) of the National Assembly.

General Secretary To Lam agreed with Dong Nai's recommendations. Photo: Cong Nghia

In addition, Dong Nai also proposed that the Central Government allow reviewing and adjusting the population size of the Long Thanh - Nhon Trach area to reach 2.5 million people in the Dong Nai Provincial Planning in the planning adjustment period being implemented as a basis for forecasting, calculating, and planning land funds to anticipate the investment wave of large, capable, and experienced investors and corporations interested in investing in this area.

Along with that, Dong Nai proposed that the Government direct ministries and branches to consider and supplement the planning of the East-West expressway section through Dong Nai province to synchronize the expressway from Hoa Lu Border Gate, the Central Highlands region to Long Thanh airport.

General Secretary To Lam assessed that the recommendations of Dong Nai province were completely appropriate and agreed with them. The General Secretary requested Dong Nai to use this as a basis for double-digit growth, speed up progress and effectively exploit the Long Thanh airport project, making Dong Nai province the economic center of the Southeast region, the economic center of the South, Vietnam and the Southeast Asia region in general.

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