The first phase of Vietnam’s new $4.6 billion gateway, Long Thanh International Airport, is on target to open in late 2026, according to local news reports.
Vietnam’s Minister of Construction, Tran Hong Minh, recently visited the airport site when Le Quyet Tien, Director of the Department of Economics-Construction Investment Management at the Ministry of Construction, revealed that the construction of several key projects is being accelerated.
These include the construction of the terminal’s roof, second runway, 115-metre-tall air traffic control tower, aircraft catering facilities, roadways, bridges and maintenance hangars.
Long Thanh’s main 4,000-metre-long runway, Runway 1, was completed on April 26, 2025, three months ahead of schedule and, according to reports, the lighting system has been successfully tested and is ready for calibration flights.
Concluding the meeting, Minister Tran Hong Minh stated that people of Vietnam have placed a lot of trust and hope in the Long Thanh airport project because it is a large project being built by Vietnam for Vietnam.
