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Long Thành International Airport, approved by Vietnam’s National Assembly in June 2015, is being built in Long Thành District, Dong Nai Province. The project spans nearly 5,000 hectares with total investment of USD 16 billion (about VND 336.63 trillion). Its design capacity is 100 million passengers and 25 million tons of cargo per year, with the airport expected to become the largest in the country upon completion.
In 2018, Dong Nai provincial authorities announced the resettlement of nearly 5,400 hectares in Long Thành District, including 5,000 hectares for the airport. The plan involved relocating approximately 5,000 households, totaling 17,000 residents. The land clearance, compensation, assistance, and resettlement for the airport were described as the largest in the province to date.
Construction officially began on January 5, 2021. According to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), bidding packages have mobilized most leadership, engineering, and supervisory staff, while machinery and equipment have been brought to the site. After the Tet holiday, the workforce increased to about 8,457 workers, though the schedule requires around 14,000 workers.
For Package 5.10 (Passenger Terminal) and Package 4.8 (terminal infrastructure and ground transport), daily manpower before January 26 was about 5,300 and 1,500 workers respectively. Current figures are about 3,400 and 1,200.
ACV attributes labor shortages to competition from other major local projects, including the Bien Hoa–Vung Tau expressway, the expansion of the Ho Chi Minh City–Long Thành expressway, and other components of the Long Thành airport itself.
Despite the challenges, ACV assesses that achieving technical completion by September and starting commercial operation in Q4 is feasible, but under pressure. Meeting these milestones depends largely on the timely resolution of impediments, particularly labor issues.
The passenger terminal is set to apply Industry 4.0 technologies, including 40 aircraft gates and 72 passport counters. The terminal is designed and built using advanced technologies intended for modern airports, with a focus on durability and aesthetics.
AI will be applied to passenger check-in and immigration procedures, enabling recognition and identification through biometric data such as facial recognition and fingerprints to streamline processing.
A key technology at Long Thành is the advanced on-ground movement guidance and control system (A-SMGCS), integrated to process data from multiple monitoring sources. The system supports precise monitoring of aircraft and vehicle movements on aprons and taxiways under all weather conditions.
ACV also highlights decision-support tools such as Arrival/Departure Manager (AMAN/DMAN). Together, these tools are intended to optimize traffic flows, reduce taxiing and waiting times, enhance capacity, and contribute to CO2 reductions as part of a “green airport” standard.
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