The director of the largest airport in central Vietnam claimed Friday to local media that his airport has been ranked among the best in the world by a Hong Kong-based airline. The director of the largest airport in central Vietnam claimed Friday to local media that his airport has been ranked among the best in the world by a Hong Kong-based airline. Da Nang International Airport, located in the eponymous city known as Vietnam’s central hub, is the third best airport in the world according to a recent survey by Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited, operating as Dragonair, director Le Xuan Tung said. Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat airport, the largest in Vietnam, only stands in 19th place out of the 96 airports surveyed, while Hanoi’s Noi Bai terminal is not listed, according to Tung. But Tuoi Tre News was unable to find any information on the survey on Dragonair’s website. Tung, the first to inform the press of the news, confirmed to the Vietnam News Agency … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s Da Nang airport reportedly among world’s best
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US says to help clear dioxin from Da Nang airport by 2016
The Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange set up by Vietnam and the US said at a conference in Hanoi last week that Da Nang Airport would be cleared of Agent Orange in four years. Jennifer Orme Zalaveta, director of the US Environmental Protection Agency's National Exposure Research Laboratory and co-chair of the meeting, said the clean-up would start after the monsoon next year, news website VnExpress reported. Da Nang airport, used by the US as an arsenal during the Vietnam War, is a dioxin hot spot in Vietnam. Media reports in late August said all 62 blood samples taken at random from residents living for at least five years near the airport tested positive for dioxin. None of them had taken part in the war or lived in areas where US forces sprayed the toxic defoliant. The victims have been sent to Hanoi for treatment. She said Vietnamese and US agencies have made progress in clearing dioxin from Da Nang and other hotspots like Bien Hoa and Phu Cat airports in the south. One … [Read more...] about US says to help clear dioxin from Da Nang airport by 2016
Dioxin detoxification at Da Nang Airport to be completed by 2016
(VOV) – The US Agency for International Development (USAID) gave an update yesterday on the progress of the dioxin detoxification project at Da Nang Airport. USAID said it has signed the third and final contract to eliminate dioxin at the airport using a thermal treatment. The contractors have completed the construction of a yard to store contaminated soil and approximately 3,200 cubic meters of contaminated soil have been moved here to dry before the next treatment stage. All the water run off from the soil will be collected and treated before disposal. USAID Director in Vietnam Joakim Parker said that the project is on schedule and he is happy with the cooperation of the Vietnamese Government agencies, especially the Ministry of Defence. The project is scheduled for completion by 2016. … [Read more...] about Dioxin detoxification at Da Nang Airport to be completed by 2016
Commencing construction of new terminal in Da Nang airport
The Hanoitimes - The Ministry of Transport and the central city of Danang city held a groundbreaking ceremony to commence the construction of a new terminal at the Da Nang International Airport on November 15. The project has a total investment of 3,500 billion VND and consists of three main components: an international passenger terminal, an overpass in front of the terminal and a parking area. At the ground-breaking ceremony of the the project. According to Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Nhat, the construction is set to finish after 16 months and the new facilities will open ahead the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum’s meetings in 2017 in the Da Nang city. The project is expected to be put into trial operation in March, 2017. The 48,000 sq.m terminal has a design capacity from 4 to 6 million passengers each year and provides parking space for over 400 automobiles. The Da Nang Airport is the third largest international airports in Vietnam after the Noi … [Read more...] about Commencing construction of new terminal in Da Nang airport
BIDV arranges capital for new Da Nang airport terminal
The Da Nang international terminal. The facility is expected to soon be unable to serve an increasing number of passengers. — Photo cafef.vn DA NANG (Biz Hub) — The Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam will arrange capital for the construction of a new terminal to serve international flights at Da Nang Airport. The bank, also known as BIDV, signed the credit contract in principle with the Da Nang International Terminal Investment and Exploitation Company in the central Da Nang City on November 15. The project is worth more than VND3.5 trillion (US$156 million), of which BIDV and the Viet Nam Bank for Industry and Trade, or Vietinbank, will jointly finance VND2.9 trillion ($129 million). BIDV said in a press release that current infrastructure at the airport will soon be unable to serve an increasing number of passengers, which are growing at an average rate of 14.5 per cent per year here. The new terminal is thus necessary, and it is set to serve more than 3.1 … [Read more...] about BIDV arranges capital for new Da Nang airport terminal