The current fleet of 30 aircraft will number 80 by the year 2005. Since January, Vietnam Airlines has added another three Boeing 767s to its existing fleet of four Boeing 767s. In addition, a lease agreement has been signed for 10 new Airbus A320s to be delivered during 1996 to replace eight older models. Also, the airline is scheduled to receive two Fokker 70s later this month and sign a contract with the French-Italian group ATR for a sixth ATR72. Vietnam Airlines flies to 26 international destinations nations including Amsterdam, Berlin and Paris.
Negotiations are also underway to establish new routes to Frankfurt and London.
The February 1995 lifting of the US's economic embargo against Vietnam has led foreign companies to pursue a share of Vietnam's booming airfreight market. 22 foreign airlines currently operate flights into Vietnam.