Automobile sales drop sharply in April

Members of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) sold 22,409 automobiles of all kinds in April, a month-on-month drop of 25%.
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Hanoi (VNA) - Members of the Vietnam AutomobileManufacturers’ Association (VAMA) sold 22,409 automobiles of all kinds in April,a month-on-month drop of 25%.

Of the total, there were 15,748 passengercars, 6,487 commercialvehicles and 174 special-purpose ones, down 27%, 19%, and 51% from March,respectively.

The sales of domestically-assembled carsdecreased by 18% while the number of imported cars sold dropped by 34% compared tothe previous month.

During the January-April period, VAMA'smembers sold a total of 92,801 vehicles, slashing by 30% year-on-year.

Among non-VAMA members that unveiled their sales, ThanhCong Group (TC Group) supplied 4,592 units to the market in April, lifting itstotal sales in the first four months of this year to 19,328.Meanwhile, VinFast sold 5,487 electric automobiles during the period.

TC Group topped the list of sellers last month, followed by Toyota, Ford, Kia, Mazda, Honda and Mitsubishi with 4,247; 3,298;2,656; 2,183; 1,944 and 1,700 units, respectively./.
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