Where is Vietnam's first international airport?

TPO - The airport was built under the direction of President Ho Chi Minh in June 1945 to serve military transportation for the Allies in the Vietnamese revolution.

1. Which is the only province in the country that has 2 airports?

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  Hai Phong

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  Danang

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  Can Tho

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  Kien Giang

The correct answer is D: Kien Giang is a coastal province in the Mekong Delta. Kien Giang has the largest area in the Southwest and the second largest in the South, after Binh Phuoc province. Currently, Kien Giang province owns 2 airports: Rach Gia Airport, 7km east of Rach Gia city center, and Phu Quoc International Airport, located in the south of Phu Quoc island.

2. Where is Vietnam's first international airport?

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  Tuyen Quang

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  Hai Phong

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  Yen Bai

The correct answer is A: After 1945, Vietnam's first international airport was not located in big cities like Hanoi or Hai Phong, but was built in Tuyen Quang. It was Lung Co airport. Located in Dong Don village, Minh Thanh commune, Son Duong district, Tuyen Quang province. Lung Co airport was built under the direction of President Ho Chi Minh in June 1945 to serve military transportation for the Allies in the Vietnam revolution. This was also the country's first international airport, marking the beginning of the Vietnamese aviation industry. At that time, the valley area near Tan Trao base was chosen to build the airport thanks to its strategic location, surrounded by mountains, easy to camouflage. Lung Co airport became an important bridge in the cooperative relationship between Vietnam and the Allies to fight against Japanese fascism, contributing significantly to the victory of the August Revolution in 1945.

3. How many days did it take to build Lung Co Airport?

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  1 day

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  2 days

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  5 days

The correct answer is option B: Although it was a field airport, the construction speed of Lung Co was considered by many experts to be a record. In just 2 days, 35 liberation army soldiers, along with militia and guerrillas, and people from Binh Yen and Trung Yen communes completed a 400m long and 20m wide runway. This is considered one of the fastest-built airports in the world. The first flight to land at Lung Co airport carried two Allied officers along with food and medicine for Tan Trao base. In the following two months, the airport received many other flights. However, after the August Revolution broke out in 1945, Allied flights were no longer carried out.

4. Where is the largest airport in Vietnam?

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  Hanoi

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  Kien Giang

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  Ho Chi Minh City

The correct answer is option C: Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Tan Son Nhat International Airport (official trading name: Tan Son Nhat International Airport; IATA: SGN; ICAO: VVTS) is currently the largest international airport in Vietnam. Tan Son Nhat International Airport, with an area of 850 hectares, is the largest airport in Vietnam in terms of area and terminal capacity (with a designed capacity of 50 million passengers/year), compared to the current capacity of Noi Bai Airport of 20-25 million and an area of 815 hectares, Da Nang Airport is 13 million) and is the airport with the largest number of passengers in Vietnam. Located 8 km north of Ho Chi Minh City center, in Tan Binh district, Tan Son Nhat International Airport is an important traffic hub in the South. In 2014, this airport served 26,546,475 passengers, ranking among the 50 airports with the most passengers in the world.

5. Go Gang Airport is planned to be built in which province?

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  Khanh Hoa

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  Can Tho

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  Kien Giang

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  Ba Ria - Vung Tau

The correct answer is option D: Go Gang Airport is an airport planned to be built on Go Gang Island, Long Son Commune, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province to replace Vung Tau Airport.

6. Which of the following cities has an intra-city flight route after the merger?

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  Hai Phong

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  Hanoi

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  Ho Chi Minh City

The correct answer is option C: According to the draft Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee, the country has 11 provincial-level administrative units that remain the same. The remaining 52 localities that must be reorganized include 4 centrally-run cities: Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Da Nang, and Can Tho. Ho Chi Minh City is expected to merge with Ba Ria - Vung Tau and Binh Duong province. After the merger, this locality will have two airports: Tan Son Nhat and Con Dao. Thus, people can travel within the city by air. Another city that is also expected to have two airports after the merger is Da Nang, with Chu Lai airport (Quang Nam) and Da Nang airport. If including the provinces, this group also includes Gia Lai (Phu Cat, Pleiku) or Dak Lak (Buon Ma Thuot, Tuy Hoa)...

7. Tan Son Nhat Airport was built by the French colonialists in what year?

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  1919

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  1920

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  1930

The correct answer is option C: Tan Son Nhat Airport was built by the French colonialists in 1930 for military purposes with a red dirt runway, more than 1,500m long. According to the book French colonial regime in the South, Tan Son Nhat (the old name) before 1919 was the name of a village located on a high mound of land north of Saigon, dating back to the time when Nguyen Huu Canh came to reclaim and establish the land of Saigon - Gia Dinh. In terms of administrative boundaries, the village belongs to Tan Binh district, Gia Dinh province and borders the villages of Tan Son Nhi, Hanh Thong Tay, Phu Nhuan... which are now all names of places in the city. In 1920, when establishing the South Vietnam squadron, the French colonial government took most of the area of Tan Son Nhat village to build the airport. The name of the village also became the name of the airport from then on. The remaining land of the small village did not meet the criteria to establish a separate village, so it merged with Chi Hoa village to form Tan Son Hoa village. Initially, Tan Son Nhat airport had one runway, dirt ground, and grass around it for military use only. In 1921, the first direct flight from Hanoi to Saigon was opened, one flight took 8 hours and 30 minutes. In 1930, the Saigon government wanted to expand the airport for civilian purposes, but the land price around the airport had skyrocketed, and there was not enough budget to compensate. People thought of finding a square plot of land in Cat Lai, Thu Duc, 1,400 m each way to build another airport. Before the work could begin, the world economic crisis hit, and rebuilding from scratch would be costly, so the program to build a new airport had to be canceled. The authorities at that time returned to compensation to expand Tan Son Nhat airport.

8. At the end of 1933, how long did it take for the first international flight of Air France on the Paris - Saigon route to land at Tan Son Nhat?

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  2 days

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  5 days

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  1 week

The correct answer is option C: At the end of 1933, the first international flight of Air France on the Paris - Saigon route (at that time there were no night flights) took exactly one week to land at Tan Son Nhat. After that, many other international routes were opened. In 1937, the Governor General of Indochina established the Indochina Civil Aviation Service to replace the Civil Aviation Service, to take care of flight operations.

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