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The existing Tan Son Nhat International Airport is the only international airport in the Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area, covering an area of 30,404 square kilometres (11,739 sq mi), that serves an estimated population of around 25 million inhabitants, of which 18-19 million are urban inhabitants, accounting for about 80% of total population ...
Tan Son Nhat International Airport is located inside the crowded urban core of Ho Chi Minh City, making expansions difficult. In a report submitted to the Vietnamese National Assembly in 2015, legislators deemed continued expansion of Tan Son Nhat problematic in five aspects. Firstly, it would be more economically viable to build a new airport ...
As of 2008, Tan Son Nhat International Airport is the only airport in use with the designed capacity of 15-17 million passengers per annum. Long Thanh International Airport which located in Đồng Nai, 40 km northeast of Ho Chi Minh City constructed in 2010. This new airport will have full designed capacity of 80-100 million passengers annually.
Entrance sign at the tunnels. Part of the tunnel complex at Củ Chu, this tunnel has been made wider and taller to accommodate tourists. The tunnels of Củ Chi (Vietnamese: Địa đạo Củ Chi) are an immense network of connecting tunnels located in the Củ Chi District of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, and are part of a much larger network of tunnels that underlie much of the country.
Notes: Among 10 international airports mentioned above, only five are served with current international flights including Tan Son Nhat (Ho Chi Minh City), Noi Bai (Hanoi), Da Nang (Da Nang), Cam Ranh (Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa province) and Phu Quoc (Phú Quốc, Kiên Giang province).
The origin of the name is presumed to have come from the First Indochina War, when there was a Viet Minh maritime logistics line called the "Route of Ho Chi Minh", [2]: 126 and shortly after late 1960, as the present trail developed, Agence France-Presse (AFP) announced that a north–south trail had opened, and they named the corridor La Piste ...
The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is open five days a week, in the mornings on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. In the hot season (from April 1 to October 31): from 7:30 to 10:30; in the cold season (from November 1 to March 31 of the following year): from 8:00 to 11:00; on holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays, it opens 30 minutes longer.
On 22 March 2004, the construction of the terminal began and on 22 March 2005, the first commercial flight from Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport landed here. As of 2008, Chu Lai Airport is the largest airfield in Vietnam in terms of area, covering 30 km 2. The runway is 3050 m long. [1]