Vietnam Dec auto sales up 59% year/year
Auto
sales in Vietnam surged 59 percent last month from a year earlier to 15,065
units, slowing from an annual rise of 132 percent in November, an industry
report said.
Sales by
16 auto makers in Vietnam rose 7 percent in 2009 from 2008 to 119,460 vehicles,
the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association said in a report released on
Thursday.
Japan's
Toyota Motor Corp, the top seller, sold 4,183 vehicles in December, up 59
percent from a year earlier. Accumulated sales in 2009 rose 23 percent to
30,110 vehicles.
Vietnam's
economy grew 6.9 percent in the quarter to Dec. 31, its fastest pace in nearly
two years, while full-year growth was 5.32 percent, the slowest since 1999.
The
government expects growth this year of 6.5 percent.