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SkyTeam Signs Preliminary Membership Agreement with Vietnam Airlines
HANOI, April 15, 2009 – SkyTeam and Vietnam Airlines signed a preliminary agreement today confirming the airline’s first step towards full membership into the SkyTeam alliance. The agreement outlines Vietnam Airlines’ intentions to undertake exclusive discussions to become a part of SkyTeam during the year 2010, pending fulfillment of the alliance’s membership requirements. The signing ceremony took place in Hanoi, Vietnam, and was attended by Mr. Ho Nghia Dung, Vietnam’s Minister of Transport, senior officials of the government and ministries of Vietnam, as well as leaders of Vietnam Airlines and of SkyTeam, including Mr. Marie-Joseph Malé, managing director of SkyTeam and Mr. Dominique Patry, SkyTeam Steering Committee chairman and vice president of International Affairs and Alliances, Air France.