Topic: Central Highlands region

This line would facilitate the transport of agricultural products and other goods, contributing to the socio-economic development of the Central Highlands region.

Focus of central highlands’ province to be on administrative reform, greater benefits for investors, and developments in infrastructure.

Region’s economic development has largely failed to match its potential and advantages.

In order for Pleiku Airport in the central highlands’ Gia Lai province to become a modern facility and act as a driving force for local development, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed increasing its capacity to 5 million passengers a year and possibly over 10 million by 2050. Capacity currently stands at just 600,000.