Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh on October 9 received Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs in the US Government Randall Schriver, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

The 21 airports in Vietnam are overloaded with the number of passengers estimated to increase to over 112 million this year against a capacity of 96.05 million.

Da Nang will build a new terminal, T3, at its international airport with total investment of $391 million, increasing the airport’s capacity to 28 million passengers and 200,000 tonnes of cargo by 2030.

About 90,000 cubic metres of sludge and soil contaminated with dioxin has been safety removed and cleaned at the International Da Nang Airport. A total of 32.4 hectares of newly cleaned area will be handed over to the city

 The construction of a new terminal at the Da Nang International Airport began on November 15. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to a survey by Dragon Air (the second largest airline of Hong Kong), Da Nang International Airport ranks third in the list of best airports in the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The roof of the Danang International Airport, which is worth VND1.35 trillion (over $64 million), which has been leaking for nearly three years, is being fixed with advanced technology from South Korea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city has launched new direct air routes to Japan, Korea and Kuala Lumpur, promoting familiarisation (FAM) trips and road shows in Japanese, Russian and European markets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first stage of efforts to treat dioxin contaminated soil with In-Pile Thermal Desorption (IPTD or thermal remediation) at Da Nang Airport began on Saturday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Defense estimates that approximately $270 million is needed to process 240,000 cubic meters of contaminated soil and sediment in Bien Hoa airport in the southern province of Dong Nai.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first stage of efforts to treat dioxin contaminated soil with In-Pile Thermal Desorption (IPTD or thermal remediation) at the Da Nang Airport Project will kick off next month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time, a lot of private planes have landed at the same time at the Da Nang International Airport.

When an aircraft of Vietnam Airlines landed, the captain of a flight serving team picked up a wallet with about VND250 million inside. He returned the money to the passenger who lost the wallet.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of April 24, the local and foreign media was permitted to visit the dioxin detoxification site, which is in the first phase of operation, in the central city of Da Nang.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) on February 19 announced that it has contracted with TerraTherm Inc. to carry out thermal remediation of dioxin at Da Nang airport in the central city of the same name.