Saigon Times Group is a leading Vietnamese media organization with prestigious business and consumer publications. After three decades of development, we have built a good reputation through our publications on economy, business and markets for Vietnamese and foreign readers.
Basic
Free
Free access to daily domestic news, podcasts and videos
Premium
$5 $1 /month (VND 23,900)
MonthlyAnnual
Unlimited access to domestic news, podcasts, videos and magazine articles on current social / economic / trade / investment issues, commodity / financial/securities markets, M&A activity, FDI, local and foreign business communities and more.
Your payment method will then be automatically charged ₫ 899.000 every 365 days thereafter.
Your subscription will continue until you cancel.
You can cancel by using My account. Under My account, select "Unsubscribe" and then follow the instructions to cancel.
You can notify us of your intent to cancel at any time during your billing period. Cancellations take effect at the end of your current billing period.
Saigon Times Group is a leading Vietnamese media organization with prestigious business and consumer publications. After three decades of development, we have built a good reputation through our publications on economy, business and markets for Vietnamese and foreign readers.
Basic
Free
Free access to daily domestic news, podcasts and videos
Premium
$5 $1 /month (VND 23,900)
MonthlyAnnual
Unlimited access to domestic news, podcasts, videos and magazine articles on current social / economic / trade / investment issues, commodity / financial/securities markets, M&A activity, FDI, local and foreign business communities and more.
Your payment method will then be automatically charged ₫ 899.000 every 365 days thereafter.
Your subscription will continue until you cancel.
You can cancel by using My account. Under My account, select "Unsubscribe" and then follow the instructions to cancel.
You can notify us of your intent to cancel at any time during your billing period. Cancellations take effect at the end of your current billing period.
Long Thanh airport construction continues through National Day holiday to stay on schedule
Covering 5,000 hectares with a total investment of nearly VND336.63 trillion, Long Thanh International Airport is a national key infrastructure project
HCMC – Nearly 14,000 engineers and workers are working through the National Day holiday at the Long Thanh International Airport construction site. Key components are being expedited to meet the completion target in December this year.
Covering 5,000 hectares and requiring a total of nearly VND336.63 trillion, Long Thanh International Airport is an infrastructure project of national importance. Once completed in three phases, the airport will have an annual capacity of 100 million passengers and five million tons of cargo.
Phase one, expected to begin operations in 2026, will serve 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tons of cargo annually.
According to Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), the entire project is being executed under the “three shifts, four crews” model, with work carried out during holidays, Tet, and weekends. Around 14,000 engineers, workers, and 3,000 pieces of machinery have been mobilized, with hundreds of work fronts operating simultaneously across the site.Phase one of the project comprises 11 contract packages, focusing on critical facilities such as the passenger terminal, internal road system, aircraft aprons, fuel supply system, and technical infrastructure.Among them, package 5.10 – the construction of the passenger terminal – is considered the most important. A consortium of contractors responsible for this package has mobilized nearly 6,000 engineers, workers, and equipment, maintaining nonstop work through the holiday. From above, the lotus-shaped roof – the terminal’s architectural highlight – has begun to take shape.The passenger terminal has so far completed the reinforced concrete structure for both the underground and four above-ground levels. Installation of steel frames, glass structures, and rough construction is largely finished.Contractors are now focusing on flooring, ceilings, and interior claddingIn addition to the passenger terminal, other components such as access roads, runway No. 2, aircraft aprons, cargo terminal, fuel supply system, and technical infrastructure are also being accelerated, with thousands of workers and machines engagedKey operational equipment for the terminal, including the baggage handling system (BHS), visual docking guidance system (VDGS), escalators, and stairways, has been delivered and is being installedACV said all components must be completed in 2025. Workers on duty during the holiday are paid wages and allowances in line with regulations. The investor has deployed supervisory teams around the clock to ensure safety and construction quality.The Prime Minister has directed that the project be inaugurated on December 19 this year
