What is the first private airport project in Viet Nam?

The idea of ​​building Van Don International Airport has been in place for decades. Many domestic and foreign investors have been "eyeing" this project. However, only when Sun Group appeared, Van Don is really "winged".

Since the early 2000s, the idea of ​​building an airport in Van Don has been rekindled. In 2006, Decision 786 approving the Prime Minister's proposal for the development of Van Don Economic Zone was the first to mention the construction of an airport here. However, it is not until the year 2012, at the first investment promotion conference held in Quang Ninh, the need for an airport in Van Don to be confirmed.
 

Van Don Airport

After a period of searching, Quang Ninh has received a lot of proposals from domestic and foreign investors, "heavyweights" most notably Rockingham Group (USA) and Joinus Vietnam (joint venture with the corporation Airports of Korea and Posco E & C).
However, the story "chicken - egg", development of tourism complexes, first resort to attract customers before building the airport or the airport before the new combination of the "shrink" Investors are said to be the most determined. It was only when the Sun Group appeared with the statement that it was "shocking" at the time: At the same time building the airport and economic development projects in Van Don, the "exit" for Van Don airport new appearances.

Air Traffic Control Station - Van Don International Airport.

  Sun Group has to "shock" when deciding to invest in Van Don airport because at that time, Sun Group has been very successful in the field of tourism, leisure ... but with airlines , specifically the airport investment, this group is completely "new", if not to say "blank resume".
Suspicions, concerns, and big questions about whether the Sun Group really "rushed in" a project that even the Americans, Koreans are backing out. Only in March 2016, when the project was officially started, public opinion really believes in the "commitment" of the "horizontal hand" this. And on July 11, 1818, when the first flight performance of the benchmark landing at Van Don, the name Sun Group has really "marked" on the map of the country.

Airport night navigation system.

It is expected that the international airport is expected to be completed and put into operation by the end of the year with the expected number of arrivals in the first period, according to Director General of the Viet Nam Administration of Aviation Dinh Viet Thang about 2.5 million passengers per year and can be built and extended in the long run to accommodate about 5 million visitors per year.
How to exploit?
If the Sun Group is "completely new" on the "aerial map", Van Don is also the first private airport in the country to be exploited.
In preparation for this work, a plan to exploit Van Don International Airport is quite detailed, has been coordinated by the Aviation Administration of Vietnam with Quang Ninh Department of Transport, Sun Group, Van Don Investment Development Joint Stock Company project; Vietnam Airlines Flight Management Corporation, Vietnam Airlines Airport (ACV), to ensure the first private airport in the country.

Traffic lights.

Aviation Department of Vietnam also set up a support group, to solve the most flexible procedures.
Relating to human issues, it is known that in addition to "set up" the key personnel in accordance with regulations, Van Don international airport has begun to recruit, train and train aviation staff to ready for commercial exploitation plan.
In the case of air navigation control personnel, it may take at least two years to begin practicing. Therefore, VATM has actively recruited and trained.
Talking to reporters, Mr. Arjan Kuin - Senior Advisor of NACO- Holland Airport Design Consultant Company, a unit that accompanies Sun Group during the construction process, building Van International Airport Emphasis: The key to the operation of the airport is human. Even if the station door is very beautiful but if the staff attitude is not good, not professional then also failed.
 

The first flight landed at Van Don airport.

"NACO has also sent to Van Don International Airport a complete training schedule," Mr. Arjan Kuin said, adding that the training must be continuous so that staff will not forget the knowledge. was taught. Mr. Arjan Kuin also said that he had made recommendations on the policy of paying wages, bonuses and appropriate remuneration.
It is known that, after the calibration check in early July, Van Don International Airport is actively completing the final steps to complete the plan to take off later this year.
The future is opening up to this land, just as Van Don "opened the sky".
Given that Quang Ninh is one of the leading localities in attracting investment capital for socializing traffic, at the meeting with the People's Committee of Quang Ninh province after inspecting Van Don airport, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Can confirm, for a very long time