By Phuong Nguyen, Francesco Guarascio and Lisa Barrington 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,

COMAC, a state-owned Chinese aircraft manufacturer, is actively trying to gain entry into Vietnam's aviation market by persuading Vietnamese authorities to authorize its jets. COMAC aims to compete internationally against Western giants Airbus and Boeing,

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.

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.