According to a Financial Times report, China is tightening its grip on the financial sector, fast-tracking mergers of rural banks and brokerages in a bid to build economic resilience. Vietnamese budget carrier VietJet on Monday agreed to place a new order with planemaker Airbus for 20 A330neo wide-body jets, the airline said in a press release, as French President Emmanuel Macron was in Hanoi to meet Vietnam's leaders.