Reprieve for Vietnam Airlines as it gets loan extension to avoid insolvency risk


HANOI (Bloomberg): Vietnam’s National Assembly approved an extension for Vietnam Airlines’ 4 trillion dong (US$157 million) state-backed loans through July 2027 to give the financially struggling national carrier time to reorganize its operations, according to information from the parliament.

The airline was at risk of insolvency without the extension, according to a statement earlier this week on the National Assembly’s website.

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