New terminal of Vietnam's Tan Son Nhat Airport launched

By Vietnam News Agency
Thu, April 17, 2025 | 10:19 am GMT+7

Vietnam Airlines has announced it will operate its first commercial flight from Terminal T3 of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday.

Passengers at Terminal T3 of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam. Photo courtesy of Vietnam News Agency

Passengers at Terminal T3 of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam. Photo courtesy of Vietnam News Agency

From Thursday, April 17, flights on the HCMC-Van Don (the northern province of Quang Ninh) route of Vietnam Airlines will be operated at the new terminal.

A representative of the national flag carrier noted that this marks the first step in its plan to gradually move its domestic flights to Terminal T3, aiming to offer passengers a more convenient, faster, and comfortable experience.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) said that by the end of April, all domestic flights of Vietnam Airlines will officially operate at this new terminal, except for the ones linking HCMC with Con Dao, Ca Mau, and Rach Gia, which continue to depart from/land at Terminal T1.

Vietjet Air is also scheduled to relocate its domestic flights to Terminal T3 at a later time.

The ACV has provided traffic guidance for accessing Terminal T3 as the new terminal is located separately from terminals T1 and T2.

With a total investment of nearly VND11 trillion (nearly $425 million), Terminal T3 is one of the key transport projects completed in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and national reunification.

Designed to handle 20 million passengers per year, the project comprises four main components: the passenger terminal, a multi-story parking facility integrated with non-aviation services, the terminal frontage elevated road system, and aircraft aprons.

It is expected to help ease pressure on Terminal T1 of Tan Son Nhat Airport as well as Long Thanh Airport, which is under construction in nearby Dong Nai province.

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