The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has released a report on adjusting planning for Lien Khuong Airport in the central highlands’ Lam Dong province’s Da Lat city to 2030 and vision to 2050. It will become an international airport by 2030, with a new T2 terminal built that is capable of handling 5 million passengers a year as well as additional flights.
On July 22, the Lac Duong District People’s Committee forwarded Report No. 104 to the Lam Dong Provincial People’s Committee requesting appraisal and approval of tasks and cost estimates for the Da Sar - Da Nhim eco-tourism and luxury resort project in the central highlands’ province. The resort is to be built on an area of 467.56 hectares.
The Dau Giay - Lien Khuong Expressway stretches 220 km and connects southern Dong Nai province and the central highlands’ Lam Dong province, playing an important role in socioeconomic development in Lam Dong and the wider central highlands region. The Ministry of Transport and Lam Dong province are therefore moving to complete procedures and soon begin construction of two component projects, the Dau Giay - Tan Phu and Tan Phu - Bao Loc sections, with total investment of more than VND24.5 trillion ($1.05 billion) in the public-private partnership (PPP) form.
The Lam Dong Provincial People’s Committee has sent an official letter to the Prime Minister seeking his approval of the Tan Phu - Bao Loc Expressway project. The route stretches 66 km and has total investment of more than VND16 trillion ($688.12 million) under the public-private partnership (PPP) form.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has requested that the central highlands’ Lam Dong province begin construction of the Tan Phu - Bao Loc Highway in October and finish it in 2025. With investment of VND16.2 trillion ($711.24 million), the highway is 66 km in length and passes through Lam Dong and Dong Nai provinces. It will play an important role in regional economic and tourism activities.
The central highlands’ Lam Dong province has decided to develop urban chains, a specialized urban model where the satellite revolves around a central urban area, instead of forming “compressed” cities that are less environmentally friendly. The province will develop four new urban centers in the 2021-2025 period and upgrade a number of existing urban centers, with a focus on Da Lat city.
Lam Dong province is preparing its city planning, in which Bao Loc will be the trade link with Ho Chi Minh City, the central highlands, and the south-central coast, with a development scale at the provincial level. To increase the value of local agricultural products, Lam Dong will also form industrial processing zones in the south of Bao Loc.
