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At 650 hectares, Noi Bai is the second-largest airport in Vietnam, behind the 800 hectare Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Terminal 1, completed in 2001, used to be the sole terminal handling both domestic and international flights. However, with the opening of the second terminal, it is now reassigned to handle domestic flights only.
Hanoi [b] (Vietnamese: Hà Nội ⓘ) is the capital and second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" [14] (Hanoi is bordered by the Red and Black Rivers). As a municipality, Hanoi consists of 12 urban districts, 17 rural districts, and one district-level town.
1978 — Noi Bai International Airport opens. 1979 — Population: 879,500. [29] 1980 — Hanoi Institute of Theatre and Cinema founded. [30] 1984 — Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra revived. 1985 Chương Dương Bridge built. Hanoi – Amsterdam High School established. 1988 — Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre headquartered in Hanoi ...
1980 in Vietnamese sport (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "1980 in Vietnam" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Vietnam Airlines has its origins in January 1956, [15] [16] when it was established by the North Vietnamese government under the name Vietnam Civil Aviation (Vietnamese: Hàng không Việt Nam, lit. 'Vietnam Aviation') following the nationalization of Gia Lam Airport. It was instituted after the government signed the Decree No. 666/TTg. [17]
The deadliest crash of this year was a military shootdown, namely the 1968 Kham Duc C-130 shootdown, when a United States Air Force Lockheed C-130B Hercules was shot down in southern Vietnam on 12 May, during the Vietnam War, killing all 155 people on board; it was at the time the deadliest plane crash of all time.
During the Tet Offensive in 1968, the tower was damaged by a rocket [39] and a new tower was built in June 1969. [38] A new 70-meter (230-feet) tall air control tower was put into use in 2013. [40] The new airport control tower is situated in the corner area between the Domestic Terminal and the International Terminal.
Its name Hà-nam (河 南) means "the south of the river", but it was only grafted from Hà-nội and Nam-định by the French administrative managers about the early of XX century. The territory of this province is not located in the South of any river in fact. Hà Nam, and Vietnam as a whole, implemented the second five-year plan between ...