Gia Lai starts construction of airport upgrade project...

On the morning of August 19, the People's Committee of Gia Lai province held the groundbreaking ceremony for the investment project to build runway No. 2 and synchronous works at the Phu Cat Airport.

The project is part of the groundbreaking and inauguration ceremony of works and projects to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (September 2, 1945 - September 2, 2025). It is one of the key transport projects of Gia Lai province, contributing to creating momentum to promote socio -economic development and ensure national security and defense.

Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, Vice Chairman of Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Tu Cong Hoang said that in recent times, Gia Lai province has always closely coordinated with the Ministry of Construction , the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam and airlines to increase flights to meet travel and freight needs, promote trade, commerce and tourism, attract investment, and contribute to promoting local socio-economic development.

Vice Chairman of Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Tu Cong Hoang spoke at the ceremony.

The investment project to build runway No. 2 and synchronous works at Phu Cat Airport is a level I aviation project, with a total investment of more than 3,245.10 billion VND (of which the central budget capital is 1,500 billion VND, the rest is local budget capital).

After implementation, Phu Cat Airport is guaranteed to receive Code C aircraft such as A320, A321 and equivalent (can receive Code E aircraft when needed). The project is expected to be constructed within about 10 months.

Delegates pressed the button to start the project.

To ensure the project is implemented on schedule, the Vice Chairman of the Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee requested the investor to focus on directing and speeding up the progress of compensation, site clearance and handing over clean site to the construction contractor to carry out construction according to the required schedule; focus on project management, inspection and supervision of strict implementation of management processes and regulations on quality, progress and construction volume; resolutely handle units violating quality and progress.

Also on the morning of August 19, many projects and works were started, inaugurated and broke ground in Gia Lai province such as: Inauguration of the project of the road connecting the western provincial road to the coastal road through Phu My district (19.2km long, total investment of more than 818 billion VND); Inauguration of the project to build a bypass road south of Phu Phong town (17.98km long, total investment of more than 791 billion VND); Commencement of the project of Vinanutrifood concentrated agricultural and forestry production and processing area (area of 10ha, nearly 500 billion VND); Commencement of the project of investment in construction and business of infrastructure of Phu My industrial park - phase 1 (area of 436.87ha, total investment of more than 4,569 billion VND); Commencement of the project of Construction and Business of technical infrastructure of Binh Thanh Industrial Cluster (area of 75ha, more than 320 billion VND); Commencement of the project to build and operate the technical infrastructure of Cat Hiep Industrial Cluster (area of 50 hectares, 284.3 billion VND); Groundbreaking of the Cat Hanh Industrial Cluster Project in Tan Hoa Nam village, Hoa Hoi commune (area of 70 hectares, total investment capital of more than 432 billion VND).

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