Air passenger volume soars in Vietnam during first five months

Passengers at Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi. In May alone, airports across the country served 9 million passengers, up 3.2 per cent from the previous month. — VNA/VNS

HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News): Airports in Vietnam served up to 45.5 million passengers in the first five months of this year, an increase of 37.8 per cent compared to the same period last year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV).

Of the figure, there were 12 million foreigners and 33.4 million local passengers, marking a year-on-year rise of 679.6 and 33.4 per cent, respectively.