Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with Airbus Group CEO Thomas Enders in Ha Noi on July 1, expressing his confidence in the massive cooperation prospects between Airbus and Vietnamese airlines.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (R) and Airbus Group CEO Thomas Enders (Photo: VNA)

The Cabinet leader spoke highly of collaboration between the aircraft manufacturer and Viet Nam in recent years and asked them to uphold their contracts, including those on 10 wide-body planes A350-900 XWB, to develop the fleet of Vietnamese airlines.

Viet Nam is willing to discuss and promote its affiliation with Airbus in airspace and military technique, including transport planes and defence equipment, he added.

Enders said Airbus attaches importance to the Vietnamese market as well as long-term cooperation with the country, noting that it pledges support to local airlines in modernising their fleets along with offering technical and personnel assistance to help them successfully operate Airbus planes.

He added his firm is keen to work with the country in military aircraft and airspace. It will offer help to build and run aircraft maintenance facilities and consider setting up component manufacturing establishments in the future.

(Source: VNA)