The 8th Vietnam International Automobile Support Industries Exhibition & Conference (Vietnam Auto Expo 2011) opened at the Giang Vo Exhibition Center in Hanoi on June 22.
The Vietnam Automobile Transportation Association has proposed a one-year extension to the deadline for black box data recorders to be installed in coaches and containers.
Vietnam’s supply of Japanese cars thinned after the recent disaster halted vehicle production and disrupted the delivery of parts to manufacturers around the world.
Car manufacturers import car parts to assemble domestically, but they were told to pay the high tariffs applied to the cars imported under the mode of complete built units (CBU).
Toyota Vietnam (TMV) told the media Monday that a decision to suspend an engineer has nothing to do with him exposing technical flaws in cars produced by the company.
Vietnam’s automobile industry remains underdeveloped in the last 20 years, with the fledging auxiliary industries and expensive prices compared to other countries.
The General Statistics Office (GSO) reported high import volumes in Vietnam of cars, computers and electronic products in the first five months of this year.
The seventh Saigon International Autotech & Accessories show will kick off on Thursday at Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in the city’s District 7, featuring mainly automobiles, motorcycles and the supporting industry.
The Government needs to have a consistent tax policy to help automakers develop business and better cope with the future competition when the import tariff is slashed to zero by 2018, said the local auto company Thaco.