The lenders include South Korea's Woori Bank and KEB Hana Bank and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the airline said in a statement.

VietJet CEO told Reuters last week the firm was eyeing new routes to the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Australia with 20 long-range Airbus A321XLR narrowbody planes it had ordered.

(Reporting by Khanh Vu; Editing by Edmund Blair)