The aircraft manufacturer Airbus on Wednesday announced its project to manufacture aircraft spare parts in Vietnam.

Accordingly, Airbus will choose the Hanoi-based Nikkiso Vietnam Company to manufacture composite vertical bars and Sharklet's armor plates for A320s under sub-contracts with main supplier Sharklet-the Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD).

Several stages of production are expected to start in August.

Airbus has entered Vietnam since 1990 and it has supplied 59 A320s and 10 A330-200s to the country's national carrier Vietnam Airlines, reported Vietnam's state-run radio Voice of Vietnam.

Vietnam Airlines will be the first airline in Asia to use A350 XWB after receiving the first one in 2015.