Vietnam Air to buy 19 Boeing 787s, listed over $4 billion: sources


NEW YORK |
Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:49pm BST

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Vietnam Airlines has agreed to order General Electric (GE.N) engines to power its Boeing Co (BA.N) 787 Dreamliners, according to Vietnamese government officials.

The number of engines in the order couldn’t be learned. The order is due to be formally announced next month in Brunei, Vu Huy Hoang, Minister of Industry and Trade for Vietnam, told Reuters.

(Corrects to show order is for engines, not aircraft, in headline and text)

(Reporting by Daniel Bases and Alwyn Scott; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)