Garbage heaps up along newly-opened street near Ho Chi Minh City airport’s T3 terminal

According to some local residents, the piles of waste, consisting mainly of household trash and discarded items such as broken chairs, have been dumped on the sidewalks over the past several days.

As observed by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters on Thursday afternoon, several piles of garbage scattered along the street.

“We hope the authorities will clean the mess quickly and penalize those responsible for dumping the waste,” said one resident.

In response to the situation, a representative from the Transportation Works Construction Investment Project Management Authority of Ho Chi Minh City stated that the authority had directed relevant units to inspect and address the issue.

The T3 domestic passenger terminal at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, with an investment capital of VND11 trillion (US$426 million), commenced trial operations on Thursday with the first commercial flight by Vietnam Airlines.

The new terminal is slated to officially open on Saturday.

T3 is expected to accommodate 20 million domestic passengers annually, easing congestion at the T1 terminal, which has been operating at nearly 1.7 times its designed capacity.