In 1994, the Vietnamese government invested 20 billion VND to renovate the airport to receive commercial flights.

In 2019, renovations to the old terminal were completed for it to be fully capable of handling international flights and bigger aircraft.

International services at the airport commenced in 2014 with scheduled flights by Vietnam Airlines to Vientiane, Laos using ATR 72 airplanes.

[3] In June 2016, Vietnamese travel agency Vietravel introduced charter service between Vinh and Bangkok, Thailand using Airbus A320 and A321, but the service was ended by June 2017 due to insufficient infrastructure at Vinh Airport.

The service was reintroduced in February 2019 when the renovated international terminal at the airport was inaugurated.