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| dong hoi airport put into use |
| Dong Hoi Airport in central Quang Binh Province was inaugurated on May 18 after nearly four years of construction. |
 Originally a military airport, Dong Hoi was upgraded into a domestic airport to link the central region with important political and economic centres throughout the country under the government's master plan on development of a national system of civil airports.
The airport, about 6km from Dong Hoi Town, can receive A321 airplanes and has a design capacity of 300 passengers per hour or 500,000 passengers a year.
Dong Hoi Airport is expected to help boost local socio-economic development, especially tourism as Quang Binh is home to the world cultural heritage site of Phong Nha-Ke Bang.
Vietnam Airlines will launch the Hanoi-Dong Hoi route with three flights a week as from early July. |
| Posted on 20 May, 2008, Resource from VNA |
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