The agreement brings VietJet\u2019s total commitment to 40 A330neo aircraft. Airbus, already a dominant player in Vietnam\u2019s aviation sector with its jets comprising 86% of the country\u2019s commercial fleet, is seeking to protect its market share as Vietnam simultaneously courts Boeing to ease trade tensions with Washington.<\/p>\n
EU Urges Caution as Vietnam Balances US Demands<\/strong><\/p>\n European officials have expressed concern that Vietnam\u2019s efforts to appease the US, including a potential order of over 250 Boeing planes by VietJet and national carrier Vietnam Airlines, could come at Europe\u2019s expense. Ahead of Macron\u2019s visit, EU diplomats in Hanoi warned Vietnam not to make concessions to the US that could undermine its relationship with the EU, which has a free trade agreement with Vietnam and serves as a major market for Vietnamese exports.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s important Vietnam does not make decisions that hurt European interests,\u201d one EU official told Reuters.<\/p>\n It remains unclear whether Macron will publicly raise these concerns during his meetings with Vietnamese leadership, as the tone of his messaging could depend on the success and scope of the deals concluded during the visit.<\/p>\n France Positions Itself as a Reliable, Rules-Based Partner<\/strong><\/p>\n Macron, who will later attend the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Asia\u2019s top defence summit, has positioned France and the EU as champions of rules-based international cooperation, in contrast to what he described as \u201ccoercive or predatory\u201d approaches from other global powers, notably the US\u00a0and China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The agreement brings VietJet\u2019s total commitment to 40 A330neo aircraft. Airbus, already a dominant player in Vietnam\u2019s aviation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2103,2000,299,36,57821,43,978,2150],"class_list":{"0":"post-132490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-airbus","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-france","12":"tag-hanoi","13":"tag-macron","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-vietnam"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114572569072963391","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}