In February, car exports continued to fall by 8.34% year-on-year to 81,323 units. In the first two months of this year, exports plunged by 18.1% to 143,644 units.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to urgently study the impact, and to complete and propose to the Government a decree on registration fee collection rates for domestically-produced and assembled cars within this month.
Auto loans from banks in Thailand are probably 100 - 200 billion THB (2.7 - 5.4 billion USD) lower than expected so far this year because of concerns over non-performing loans, which threatens to affect the entire automotive supply chain, according to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Vietnam’s four biggest State-owned banks have an urgent need for capital increase in 2023 as their charter capital is too low, with some unable to ensure the regulated minimum capital adequacy ratio (CAR), according to industry insiders.
Vietnamese automaker VinFast announced its signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with LeasePlan, one of the world's leading car-as-a-service companies, on February 28 at the Mobile World Congress 2022 (MWC 2022) – the most influential technology and mobile exhibition in the world that runs from February 28 to March 3 in Barcelona, Spain.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s expansion of credit growth quotas for commercial banks has created favourable conditions for lenders to boost lending, contributing to supporting capital sources for individuals and firms to recover after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nearly 400,000 cars were sold in the Vietnamese market in 2019 thanks to valuable gift and discount programmes, which were launched at the beginning of the year, said the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA).
The total automobile sales in the first five months of 2019 surged by 22 percent year-on-year to 126,646 units, the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association reported.
Besides record-breaking achievements, the automobile industry was a growth highlight of Vietnam’s economy in 2018, particularly with the introduction of a made-in-Vietnam branded car.
The Government is directing ministries and agencies to raise capital for State-owned commercial banks through the use of dividends or share sales this year, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said at a recent meeting.
At least six people were killed in a bomb attack in the early hours of July 31 in Basilan, an island province in southern Philippines, according to international media.