Vinh Airport
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Vinh Airport is located in Vinh
city of Nghe An province northern Vietnam
. It is a mixed military/civil airport. It used to be one of the two major military airbases in Vietnam besides Gia Lam Airbase in Hanoi
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In 2010, the airport handled 276,612 passengers and is expected to reach 530,000 passengers in 2011. During 2006-2010, the airport has seen the annual increase of passengers of around 60%. A new terminal with designed capacity of 2.5 million passengers per year and estimated cost of 700 million VND (around $ 35 million) is under construction. .
Vinh
Vinh is a city in Vietnam. It is located in the northern half of the country, and is the capital of Nghệ An Province. Politically, Vinh is a municipality within Nghệ An Province. On September 5th, 2008, it was upgraded from Grade-II city to Grade-I city, the fourth Grade-I city of Vietnam after...
city of Nghe An province northern Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. It is a mixed military/civil airport. It used to be one of the two major military airbases in Vietnam besides Gia Lam Airbase in Hanoi
Hanoi
Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...
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In 2010, the airport handled 276,612 passengers and is expected to reach 530,000 passengers in 2011. During 2006-2010, the airport has seen the annual increase of passengers of around 60%. A new terminal with designed capacity of 2.5 million passengers per year and estimated cost of 700 million VND (around $ 35 million) is under construction. .