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Automaker Nissan Vietnam has declared a temporary shutdown as from April 5 amid the complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honda Vietnam (HVN) has become the fourth automaker in Vietnam to suspend production and assembly of cars and motorbikes over the concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honda Vietnam Company on March 19 donated 10 billion VND (over 420,000 USD) to the fund for COVID-19 prevention and control managed by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee.

Thousands of workers in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho were presented with antibacterial face masks on February 15 as part of a programme that aims to raise public awareness of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Thousands of students at the Can Tho University learned safe motorbike driving skills at a communications event on traffic safety on October 12.

Sales of enterprises operating in automobile and motorbikes manufacturing and assembling in the northern province of Vinh Phuc were estimated to exceed 258 million USD since the beginning of 2019, a year-on-year increase of 19 percent.

Honda Vietnam will present more than 176,000 helmets to first graders in Hanoi during the 2019-2020 academic year, the company’s representative said when presenting helmets to students at the Tran Quoc Toan primary school in Hanoi on September 5.

Members of the Vietnam Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (VAMM) witnessed sales of more than 749,500 units in the second quarter of this year, marking a decrease of 4.4 percent from the same period last year.

Over 1.93 million standard helmets will be presented to first grade students in the 2019-2020 academic year as announced at a ceremony held in Hanoi on June 12.

Japanese firm Honda Vietnam will introduce 18 new motorbike and automobile models and versions in the 2020 fiscal year (from April 2019 to March 2020), according to the company’s new General Director Keisuke Tsuruzono.

Honda Vietnam will continue to be the official sponsor of Vietnam’s national football teams after signing a contract with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) in Hanoi on April 24.

The Vietnamese electric motorbike market is seeing the participation of more and more domestic and foreign manufacturers.

The Vietnamese motorcycle market in 2018 broke its sales record set seven years ago with nearly 3.4 million units sold for a year-on-year increase of 3.5 percent.

The Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security and Honda Vietnam will join hands in implementing traffic safety activities for the 2019-2021 period under a cooperation programme signed on January 21.

Despite difficulties in the first half of 2018, the domestic automobile market saw impressive growth compared to the previous year with nearly 290,000 vehicles sold during the year, an annual rise of 5.8 percent.

Transport Minister Nguyen Van The visited a unit of the traffic police in Hanoi on December 24 to inspect their implementation of a communications programme to improve helmet safety amongst children.

The Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security and Japanese-invested Honda Vietnam have launched a communication programme to encourage children to wear helmets.

More than 500 young people of the northern province of Vinh Phuc attended a local traffic safety campaign launched on September 12 by Honda Vietnam Co. LTd. and the provincial People’s Committee.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), National Traffic Safety Committee and Honda Vietnam Co. Ltd. on August 15 inked a cooperation programme on traffic safety education for the 2018-2023 period.

The Vietnam Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers has reported that its members sold 783,940 motorbikes of all kinds in the second quarter of 2018, up 6.1 percent against the same period last year.