Upgrade of Tan Son Nhat int'l airport’s runway completed
Repairs of Tan Son Nhat International Airport’s 25R/07L runway, which is three kilometres long and 46 metres wide, has finished after nearly six months, according to the Cuu Long Corporation for Investment, Development and Project Management of Infrastructure.
At Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Repairs of Tan Son Nhat International Airport’s 25R/07Lrunway, which is three kilometres long and 46 metres wide, has finished afternearly six months, according to the Cuu Long Corporation for Investment,Development and Project Management of Infrastructure.
The runway will undergo a six-day trial run, from December 15-20, beforeofficially being put into service on December 31.
The runway’s upgrade project begun in late June this year, around the same timeas a similar one at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.
The upgrade project atTan Son Nhat, the country’s largest airport, has a total investment of morethan 2 trillion VND (over 86 million USD), including new rapid exit taxiways,parallel taxiways, improved signal lights, drainage systems and other works onrunway 25R/07L. The upgrade is carried out in two phases, with the first andsecond spanning six and 14 months.
In the second phase, the project will upgrade five existingtaxiways and build new rapid exit taxiways, connecting taxiways and paralleltaxiways besides a drainage system, taxiway lights and aviation signboards.
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At Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Photo: VNA) 
