Vietnam advances Long Thanh and Phu Quoc airport runway projects

Long Thanh runway Phu Quoc runway Vietnam airport expansion APEC 2027 runway construction

After 14 months of construction, the concrete surface of the second runway at Long Thanh International Airport in Đồng Nai province has been completed. The runway, 4 km long, is expected to be finished by the end of September 2026, with test flights planned for December 2025 and commercial operations slated for December 2026.

The 3,300‑metre second runway at Phú Quốc International Airport has been built in eight months and is now undergoing final inspections of lighting and signage. A calibration flight is scheduled for 27 July, and the runway will allow wide‑body aircraft such as the Boeing 787, Airbus A350 and Boeing 777 to serve the airport ahead of the 2027 APEC summit. The expansion project is valued at nearly VND 22 trillion (US$836 million).

Entities: Lien Khuong International Airport · Long Thanh International Airport · Nguyen Ba Quan · Phu Quoc International Airport · Sun Group · Trịnh Như Long · Vietnam Airports Corporation (ACV)

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[● 4 SOURCES] First test flight on Phu Quoc runway 2 scheduled for 27 July. (Phu Quoc calibration flight article)
[DISPUTED] Long Thanh runway 2 slated for completion in September 2026. (Article 7)
[● 2 SOURCES] Long Thanh runway 2 concrete surface completed after 14 months of construction. (Long Thanh runway progress articles)
[DISPUTED] Long Thanh runway 2 slated for completion in September 2024. (Article 0)
[● 4 SOURCES] Phu Quoc Airport runway 2 is 3,300 metres long and was built in eight months. (Phu Quoc runway articles)
[● 3 SOURCES] Phú Quốc Airport plans to handle 24 million passengers per year in Phase 1 and 50 million in Phase 2. (Articles 3,4,5)
[● 2 SOURCES] Liên Khương Airport runway length is 3,250 metres and renovation cost exceeds VND 1,032 billion. (Articles 1,2)
[● 2 SOURCES] Calibration flights at Liên Khương were carried out from 23 July to 28 July before its reopening on 19 August. (Articles 1,2)
[○ 1 SOURCE] Phu Quoc runway 2 project total investment is nearly VND 22 trillion (US$836 million). (Phu Quoc expansion article)
[○ 1 SOURCE] Phu Quoc runway 2 will accommodate wide‑body aircraft such as the Boeing 787, Airbus A350 and Boeing 777 for the 2027 APEC summit. (Phu Quoc runway article)
[● 2 SOURCES] Long Thanh runway 2 will be ready for test flights from December 2025 and commercial operation from December 2026. (Long Thanh progress articles)
[● 2 SOURCES] Long Thanh runway 2 expected to be completed by end of September 2026. (Long Thanh progress articles)