Vietnam to build new terminal at Danang international airport
HANOI - Vietnam is planning a major expansion of the Danang International Airport, which has seen a boom in tourists and business travelers, an official said Tuesday.
Located on Vietnam's central coast, the airport currently handles domestic flights as well as flights to Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and Siem Reap.
The new terminal will be able to handle 4 million passengers a year, up from 1 million, said Nguyen Van Nien, of the Central Airport Authority.
Work on a new terminal is expected to begin later this year and be completed by the end of 2009. The runway will also be extended to accommodate bigger planes.
The new terminal is expected to cost 1.345 trillion dong (US$84 million; €62 million) and the runaway expansion will cost an additional 300 billion (US$19 million; €14 million).
The Associated Press - May 29, 2007.
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