July 18, 2006 at 12:01 pm
The Vietnamese PM has given approval to Vietnam Airlines to order a further 10 787s. The airline are now free to negotiate a deal, but have said that if negotiations fail then they may order A350s. The 10 new 787s will be in addition to the 4 they already have on order.
Also the PM is wanting the airline to bring forward the launch of services to the USA from next year to this.