Vietnam is not affected by Toyota Motor Corp’s massive recall of eight models related to unintended acceleration, Toyota Vietnam has said in a letter to local media outlets.
Struggling South Korean automaker Ssangyong Motor said Thursday it has signed a deal to export up to 15,500 vehicles to Vietnam over the next five years.
The Mercedes Benz Viet Nam (MBV) will soon offer its latest sport SLS AMGs to the country after the European launch at the racetrack Le Castellet in France in mid-March.
January's auto sales in Vietnam soared 76 percent from the same month a year ago to 6,961 units, accelerating from an annual rise of 59 percent in December, an industry report said on Friday.
Vietnamese auto importers said they have not received an official statement from Toyota concerning a recall of millions of vehicles with faulty gas pedals.
Analysts have estimated that only a small number of Toyotas will be recalled for accelerator pedal problems and most of the recalls will affect only Camry models.