On 28 May 2026 in Bangkok, Vietjet and Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor Office (EECO) signed a cooperation agreement to develop an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) technical center at U-Tapao International Airport. The accord was concluded during the official visit to Thailand of Vietnamese secretary general and president Tô Lâm, in a ceremony attended by Thai prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
The planned facility will primarily support Vietjet’s fleet, with the partners targeting improved technical capabilities, higher aircraft availability and shorter maintenance turnaround times to underpin the carrier’s regional growth strategy. The project is framed as part of a broader cooperation package covering airport infrastructure investment, technology transfer, and training of qualified maintenance personnel, as well as enhanced regional air connectivity.
No figures have been released on the scale of investment, industrial configuration, maintenance capacity or implementation schedule. The project nevertheless reinforces U-Tapao’s positioning within Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor as a future regional MRO hub, alongside other airline and OEM-linked maintenance developments on the site.