Dien Bien airport expansion project to kick off in December
(VOVWORLD) - A project on expanding and upgrading Dien Bien airport in Dien Bien is scheduled to begin in December and be completed in October 2023, according to the Transport Ministry.
 Dien Bien airport. (Photo: VNA) |
The expansion project aims to increase its capacity to half a million passengers per year at an estimated cost 67 million USD.
The airport will be upgraded to receive large aircraft such as Airbus A321s and those with equivalent sizes.
Dien Bien Airport, 500 kilometers to the west of Hanoi, Dien Bien airport is the largest and the only commercial airport in Vietnam’s northwestern region. Currently it can only handle short-haul ATR72 and smaller aircraft.