National carrier Vietnam Airlines has requested the government to prevent Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia from forming a new budget joint-venture in Vietnam.rnAccording to Vietnam Airlines, AirAsia's acquisition of a 30 percent stake in local VietJet Air recently was only a move to help the Malaysian company enter the domestic market. As it's difficult to expand their business to overseas markets, foreign carriers often try to invest in a local carrier, Vietnam Airlines said in a letter to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
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