The new T2 at Noi Bai International Airport is a four-storied building with a floor area of approximately 140,000 m². It included the construction of main building and two wings. The construction began in December 2011 and took 34 months for completion. The new terminal has a capacity to handle ten million international passengers a year, which can be expanded to cater up to 15 million passengers a year.
The main objective behind constructing the new terminal was to reduce the overload at Terminal 1, which exceeded its capacity in 2007. According to the government data, foreign arrivals increased by more than 10% in 2013 to 7.6 million and domestic demand also increased with rapid growth in the middle class and competition among the airlines.