Vinh Airport will be invested more than 230 billion VND to upgrade and expand.

Specifically, the aforementioned capital is the investor's own capital, and the project will focus on renovating and expanding the aircraft parking area to increase the total number of Code C parking positions from 6 to 9; the construction progress, completion of the project, and commissioning will be within 12 months from the date of completion of land clearance, land allocation, and issuance of construction permits.

Passengers check in for their Vinh - Tan Son Nhat flight. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Along with approving the investment plan for the Vinh Airport upgrade project with the aforementioned total investment, the People's Committee of Nghe An province also simultaneously approved the Vietnam Airports Corporation (ACV) as the investor to implement the project to expand and renovate the aircraft parking area at Vinh International Airport.

A survey team from central ministries and agencies on upgrading Vinh Airport in early 2023. (Photo: Nghe An Newspaper archives)

The project was carried out at In Nghi Lien commune (Vinh City, Nghe An province), approximately 6 hectares of land belonging to the Air Defense and Air Force Command were temporarily handed over to the Vietnam Civil Aviation Authority to implement a project to build a parking area, HDK terminal, and radar station; the expanded area of ​​over 2.62 hectares belongs to the 371st Division of the Air Defense and Air Force Command and was transferred to the province for management.