The People’s Committee of Can Tho City and the Viet Nam Association of Mechanical Industry (VAMI) met recently to address the urgent need to produce agricultural machinery.
The Ministry of Finance will study, consider and report to the Government about cutting special consumption and import taxes on materials for auto parts and components manufacturers in Viet Nam.
About 45,000 completely-built-up (CBU) automobiles, worth US$1.2
billion, were imported into Viet Nam in the first five months of the
year, the industry and trade ministry said.
The Vietnam Association of Mechanical Industry (VAMI) has requested the
Prime Minister and the Ministry of Finance to adjust the import tax
imposed on complete built units (CBU) trucks.
Eight automobile and mechanical firms plan to set up a "automobile board" in order to protect domestic producers in anticipation of 2015 tax cuts on imported vehicles.