HANOI (Reuters) - China's drive to break into foreign aviation markets with its homegrown COMAC jets has intensified, with a push to persuade Vietnam to authorise its planes in the country, according to two people with knowledge of the talks and documents.

Vietnam has surpassed Japan to become China’s third-largest export destination for the first time, marking a significant shift in global trade patterns. This transformation is largely driven by US tariffs,

China's drive to break into foreign aviation markets with its homegrown COMAC jets has intensified, with a push to persuade Vietnam to authorise its planes in the country, according to two people with knowledge of the talks and documents.

China’s homegrown Comac C919 narrow-body passenger jet made its first commercial flight from Shanghai to Beijing, in a symbolic challenge to the decades-old duopoly of Boeing and Airbus in one of the most important markets for aviation.