"The PM believed that after each working session with leaders of COMAC, the aviation cooperation between COMAC and Vietnamese partners would have better results. He suggested that along with cooperation in leasing and hire-purchase of aircraft, COMAC cooperates with Vietnamese partners to invest in aircraft maintenance and repair centres in Vietnam."
Things are moving hot & fast since Jan. VietJet is now set to lease C909/ARJ21.
Should be a win-win sinch Vietnam is really after being part of the supply chain / depot sites, while COMAC is looking for a springboard into SEA
C919 is surely not that far behind....
(one concern though it that VietJet is a low-cost carrier with not the best reputation. COMAC would surely not want any operational issues boomaranging back to the planes)