The switch to EVs is particularly important as Viet Nam is facing a fast-growing environmental crisis: deadly pollution. Its two biggest cities, Ha Noi and HCM City, are now among the top 15 most polluted cities in the region.
The automobile market is expected to set a new record in sales this year with VAMA members and TC Motors selling an average nearly 32,000 cars each month in January-September.
Sales of automobiles saw a month-on-month decline of 19 per cent to about 21,480 vehicles in August, according to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturer Association (VAMA).
Automobile sales by firms in the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturer Association (VAMA) in February declined 61 per cent from the previous month, the sharpest month-on-month fall ever recorded.
Kia Motors and Truong Hai Automobile JSC (Thaco) launched a new model –
Kia Cerato – for the Vietnamese market, the deputy general director of
Thaco, Bui Kim Kha, told Bizhub.
Over 200 cars were sold at this year''s Viet Nam Motor Show, the largest
number of new car deals in a single fair since the first show was held
in 2005, organisers said.