Lawrie Wilson (black shirt) presented the strategies for the planning of the area around the airport.

Lawrie Wilson, Hansen Partnership Director presented the functions and strategies in planning the area around the airport.

He said the area would be divided into eight sections with the different functions such as warehouse area, frozen goods area, entertainment area and so on

He hoped to listen to the opinions and suggestions by the locality on such issues as managing, moving and relocating the areas in the planning scale like residential area, area for public works, industrial complex and so on

Ly Thanh Phuong noted and agreed on some issues presented by Hansen Partnership. He said the planning area should be divided into 7 sections and he suggested the company have more detailed figures and strategies and pay more attention to the relocation, especially relocation of culture-related works like the Provincial People's Committee’s Martyr Memorial House.

The project for Long Thanh International Airport was approved by the Prime Minister in March 2008. Its total area is about 26,000 hectares, of which 5,000 hectares are for the airport and 21,000 hectares are for the neighboring area. The Airport is located nearby Long Thanh Town, 40 kilometers northeast from HCMC, 70 kilometers northwest from Vung Tau, beside National Highway 51A and HCMC – Dau giay Freeway.

After finished, the airport will have 4 runways with 4,000 meters long and 60 meters wide and modern terminals with the capacity of around 100 million passengers per year. It will be the gateway to Vietnam, welcoming international passengers and receiving commodities worldwide.

Reported by Nguyen Le, Translated by T.V