HANOI, May 15 (Reuters) - Flag carrier Vietnam Airlines

has received shareholder approval to increase its charter

capital by 9 trillion dong ($347.10 million) for a long-term

plan that included new planes purchases, the official Vietnam

News Agency reported on Thursday.

At an extraordinary meeting, shareholders approved the

airline's plan to buy 50 narrow-body planes, which can be either

Airbus A320 Neo or Boeing B737-Max, the report said.

($1 = 25,929.0000 dong)