- January 1956: Department of Civil Aviation was established;
- April 1993: Vietnam Airlines was established;
- May 27, 1995: Vietnam Airlines Company was established under the Decision No.328/TTg issued by the Prime Minister;
- 2003: Put into operation under the model of Parent Company-Subsidiaries under the Decision No.372/QD-TTg dated 04 April 2003 issued by the Prime Minister;
- 2006: Became an official member of IATA;
- 2010: Transformed into One-member State-owned Limited company and became the tenth member of the Global Airline Alliance- SkyTeam;
- 2012: Took over the State's capital contribution at Jetstar Pacific Airlines to become the biggest shareholder owning 68.46% of the charter capital;
- September 2014: The Prime Minister approved the plan of equitizing Parent Company-Vietnam Airlines Joint Stock Company;
- November 2014: Initial Public Offering (IPO) was launched at Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE);
- March 2015: Shareholders's meeting was held for the firs time to approve its charter;
- 01 April 2015: Put into operation under the model of a joint stock company with a charter capital of VND11,198,648,400,000;
- July 2016: Increased the charter capital to VND12,275,337,780,000;
- January 03, 2017: Traded on the UPCOM market;
- February 26, 2019: Increased the charter capital to VND14,182,908,470,000;
- April 23, 2019: Cancelled the transaction registration on the UPCOM market;
- April 11, 2019: Listed on Hochiminh Stock Exchange (HOSE);
- May 07, 2019: Traded on Hochiminh Stock Exchange (HOSE);
- November 11, 2021: Increased the charter capital to VND22,143,941,740,000;