HANOI, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam Airlines has canceled two international flights on Wednesday from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Thailand due to thousands of Thai protesters blocking the entrance to Bangkok's Suvarnabumi Airport, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday.

    The Hanoi-Bangkok Vietnam Airlines flight coded Vietnam 831, scheduled to take off at 9.30 am (local time), and the other Ho Chi Minh City-Bangkok Vietnam Airlines flight coded Vietnam 851, scheduled to depart at 11.30 a.m. (local time) were canceled because of violent disturbances by Thai protesters at Bangkok's Suvarnabumi Airport.

    The cancellation of the two flights was aimed at the safety of passengers.

    Vietnam Airlines will keep close watch on Thai protesters movements reported from Bangkok's Suvarnabumi Airport and will soon inform passengers who had booked tickets on the canceled flights of the replaced flights to Bangkok scheduled on Thursday, said Vietnam Airlines' spokesman Trinh Ngoc Thanh.