Design of  Terminal T3 inspired by the image of ‘Ao dai’ (Photo: ACV)

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) – the investor of the project – has recently completed and approved the design of the terminal, and organized bidding to select contractors so as to start construction in the third quarter of this year.

According to the investor, Terminal T3 will have a soft curved roof stretching from the terminal to the garden at the center of the commercial-office complex, reminiscent of the flap of the Vietnamese ‘Ao dai’.

Recently, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ordered construction of Terminal T3 be started in the third quarter of 2022 and the facility be put into use in September 2024.

PM Chinh also asked the Ministry of National Defense to work with relevant parties to hand over 16ha of land under its management for the terminal project and another 12ha for the building of a road linking nearby Tran Quoc Hoan and Cong Hoa roads in Tan Binh district in July.

The T3 terminal project was approved by the Government in 2020 at a cost of 470.5 million USD, using the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV)’s budget. Construction is expected to take 37 months.

Once operational, it will be able to serve up to 20 million passengers annually. The new facility will handle domestic flights, thus helping to ease pressure on T1 that is currently overloaded and to improve service quality.