The Prime Minister has decided to upgrade Phu Bai airport in central Hue city to an international airport as of August 31 at a cost of hundreds of billions of Vietnam dong.

The airport will have a 2.8km runway, 45m wide and equipped with a lighting system to serve night flights. It is expected to receive huge planes like Boeing 767s, and one million passengers and 50,000 tonnes of cargo annually by 2010.