VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly (NA) Economic Committee has voiced concerns over the viability of a fund raising plan for the big-ticket Long Thanh airport project

 The National Assembly Economic Committee has approved a plan to build a modern international airport, but voiced concerns about how to mobilise investment. This was revealed at NA's plenary sitting yesterday.

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A French company specializing in airport architecture and engineering has said it did not commit to providing US$2 billionfor a megaproject to build a new international airport outside of Ho Chi Minh City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's Tan Son Nhat Airport will be stretched beyond capacity in the next two years, making construction of the new Long Thanh airport in Dong Nai Province more urgent than ever, experts warn.

Although the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam has said Japan would lend $2 billion in ODA to fund Long Thanh Airport project, the first secretary of the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam Hiroyuki Hayashi, on October 17 denied that it had agreed to do so.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The impact, if any, of ODA loans on the Long Thanh international airport project on gross domestic product would not be considerable, especially in 2016-2019,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Even though the NA Economic Committee agreed with the need to build a new airport, it also raised concerns over the amount the Long Thanh International Airport project in HCM City might add to public debt.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Investors are chomping at the bit over Vietnam’s biggest airport project as it prepares to have its investment plan approved for submission to the National Assembly for approval.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Wednesday approved an investment report on the construction of Long Thanh International Airport near HCM City.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has missed an opportunity to become one of the few regional aviation centers because of delays in the Long Thanh Airport project, experts say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has been told not to expect too much financial support for the Long Thanh airport from commercial banks Official Development Assistance (ODA) funds as capital flow from ODA is declining.

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 Lai Xuan Thanh, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), said that the Long Thanh Airport project in the south could proceed even without Official Development Assistance (ODA) from Japan.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport plans to build Long Thanh into a transit airport to compete with the other regional airports. However, it has been warned that the plan is unfeasible.

HCM City authorities have sent a written request of the constituents of Tan Binh district, HCM City to the Ministry of Transport on the construction of the Long Thanh international airport.

It is still unclear if the State evaluation council on the Long Thanh international airport would present the project at the upcoming National Assembly’s session in May 2014, because the investor still cannot clarify how the project would be funded.