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Over 16,000 vehicles sold in March

Vietnam's vehicle manufacturers sold a combined 16,399 units in March, up 62 percent from the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA).
Vietnam's vehicle manufacturers sold a combined 16,399 units in March,up 62 percent from the same period last year, according to the VietnamAutomobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA).

Of the figure,9,416 were cars, representing a 6 percent month-on-month increase, whiletrucks made up 6,983 units, 104 percent higher than the sales recordedin February.

Thaco, a domestic car manufacturer,retained its market leadership with 5,973 sales, or a 101 percentincrease from last month and a 79 percent increase from March 2014.

Japanese manufacturer Toyota came in second with 2,231 sales, followedby US manufacturer Ford with 1,400 sales – a 51 percent surge fromFebruary.

With 529 sold vehicles in March, GM Vietnam supersededJapan’s Honda to be among the top four highest auto sales in inVietnam.

Statistics from VAMA also showed 12,877domestically-assembled vehicles in March, up 63 percent from theprevious month. Correspondingly, the number of imported vehicles was3,522 units, down 20 percent from February.-VNA
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