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Vietnam Air says to sign deal to buy 30 Airbus planes

Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:35pm EST

HANOI, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Vietnam Airlines said on Thursday it would sign a contract to buy 10 Airbus A350-900XWB passenger jets and 20 single-aisle A321 jets on Friday.

"This is part of the agreement reached earlier," an official of the Hanoi-based Vietnam Airlines told Reuters. (Reporting by Ho Binh Minh)



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