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A gateway to the future
Built on a long view of international and domestic connection.
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Long Thanh International Airport (LTH)
The new aviation gateway of southern Vietnam — conceived as a new generation of infrastructure: large, intelligent, and built around a long view of Vietnam's international connections.
Photo: Aaron Mrvelj / Unsplash
| Airport codes | LTH / VVLT |
| Location | Long Thanh, Dong Nai |
| Distance | ~40 km from Ho Chi Minh City |
| Direction | Green • Intelligent • Large-scale |
The character of an international gateway
A new generation of aviation infrastructure for the south. An emblem of Vietnam's future capacity to connect. An internationally minded gateway built on a long-term vision.
A gateway built for the future of southern Vietnam
Long Thanh is not simply a new airport. It is a strategic piece of infrastructure, planned to widen the space for aviation in the south, relieve pressure on the existing system, and set a new standard of connection for passengers, freight and regional growth.
The character of a leading international gateway
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A new generation of infrastructure
Intelligent, green and built at scale.
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The southern development axis
Tied to logistics, regional growth and new economic space.
The project is designed to ICAO category 4F.
Phase 1 was approved with a capacity of 25 million passengers a year.
The freight target for phase 1 is 1.2 million tonnes a year.
With every phase complete, the design capacity could reach 100 million passengers a year.
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Its role in aviation
A new airport built to widen the capacity of the southern metropolitan region.
Relieving pressure: designed to support and supplement the existing system around Ho Chi Minh City.
International connection: a new gateway for international passengers and long-haul networks.
Built at scale: planned for very high capacity once every phase is complete.
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Its role in logistics
Long Thanh is not only about passengers; it matters clearly for freight and for supply chains.
Freight: phase 1 is set at a capacity of 1.2 million tonnes a year.
Regional connection: it creates more room for air logistics to grow in the south.
The long view: tied to a future role as a centre of trade and transport.
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Its role in development
Infrastructure whose effect reaches beyond aviation into the region's growth.
Strategic infrastructure: one of the largest projects in Vietnamese aviation.
New-generation thinking: described as green, intelligent and coherently planned.
A new emblem: it stands for a long-term ambition to connect and to engage with the world.
The milestones that shaped the Long Thanh gateway
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Phase 1 was approved with one runway, one passenger terminal and a full set of supporting facilities.
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Construction formally began, marking the move from planning into building.
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Work continued to accelerate, and the project came to be described as an emblem of a new phase of development.
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The target for bringing phase 1 into commercial operation is widely cited as the first half or the middle of 2026.
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The capacity vision is very large, with a maximum design scale of 100 million passengers and 5 million tonnes of freight a year.
Long Thanh is where the future of aviation in the south is taking shape.
More than a new airport, it is a statement about the scale, the vision and the long-term connecting capacity of Vietnam in the phase ahead.
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What are Long Thanh International Airport's codes?
The airport is referred to as LTH in IATA (under the shared city code SGN) and VVLT in ICAO.
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Where is Long Thanh?
The airport is at Long Thanh in Dong Nai province, about 40 km east of Ho Chi Minh City.
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How large is phase 1 of Long Thanh?
Phase 1 was approved with one runway and one passenger terminal, at a capacity of 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of freight a year.
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What makes Long Thanh's role particular?
Its role as the new gateway of the south, its very large long-term capacity, and its direction as green, intelligent infrastructure on an international scale.
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