Vietnam’s Dien Bien to close airport for 8-month expansion project

March 22, 2023

The current Dien Bien Airport was restored from Muong Thanh Airport, which was constructed by the French. The Dien Bien Airport expansion project is aimed at making it capable of handling modern Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft and the equivalent airliners. After the expansion project is completed, the passenger terminal of Dien Bien Airport will have two floors and an annual capacity of 500,000 passengers. The current Dien Bien Airport was restored from Muong Thanh Airport, which was constructed by the French. The Dien Bien Airport expansion project is aimed at making it capable of handling modern Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft and the equivalent airliners.

The source of this news is from Tuoi Tre News