Vietnam Airlines has signed a partnership with 2C2P by Antom, a payments platform under Ant International, to extend localized payment options for customers across eight markets in Asia Pacific, announced during the Vietnam–Singapore Tech Connect Forum.

The event was held on the sidelines of Vietnamese General Secretary-President To Lam’s state visit to Singapore, 2C2P by Antom said in a statement last Friday.

Vietnam Airlines, the national flag carrier of Vietnam, operates a fleet of over 100 aircraft across 118 routes connecting 22 domestic and 39 international destinations in 22 countries. 2C2P by Antom, part of Singapore-headquartered Ant International, operates across Southeast Asia, serving airlines, online marketplaces, and retailers through a network spanning online, mobile, and offline channels including over 600,000 alternative payment locations.

Under the partnership, Vietnam Airlines will roll out payment capabilities across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and Hong Kong from the second half of 2026. The first phase will cover domestic bank transfer options including QR payments and internet banking, with mobile wallets to follow in a second phase.

Vietnam Airlines will utilize 2C2P by Antom’s payment orchestration platform, Payment Air Controller (PACO), which routes transactions across multiple acquirers through a single API integration and is integrated with global distribution systems Amadeus and Sabre. In Vietnam, 2C2P operates as a technology partner to M-Pay Trade and Technology Services Joint Stock Company, a licensed intermediary payment services provider, together serving all major Vietnamese airlines in the market.

The partnership comes as digital payment preferences shift rapidly across Southeast Asia. A 2026 IDC InfoBrief commissioned by 2C2P by Antom projected a 104 percent increase in domestic payments in the region by 2029, with mobile wallets expected to grow by 107 percent over the same period. In Vietnam, digital payments adoption is projected to rise from 55 percent to 63 percent of total e-commerce volume by 2029.

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