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Honda Vietnam will present nearly 2 million helmets to first graders nationwide in the 2018-2019 academic year under a programme announced on July 5.

Honda Vietnam Company will present 20,000 helmets to students across the country in 2018.

All 1st grade pupils nationwide will be gifted helmets in the 2018-2019 academic year under a programme funded by Honda Vietnam.

The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA) reported on May 9 that up to 21,123 vehicles were sold in the domestic market in April.

The Vietnam Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (VAMM) has reported that in the first quarter of 2018, its five members - Honda Vietnam, Suzuki Vietnam, SYM Vietnam, Piaggio Vietnam and Yamaha Motor Vietnam - sold 803,204 motorbikes of all kinds, up 1.9 percent from the same time last year.

Japanese automaker Honda has recalled 1,524 Honda City models in Vietnam, which were produced and assembled from May 25, 2013 to January 6, 2014, to replace their front passenger airbags.

Members of the Vietnam Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (VAMM) sold more than 3.2 million motorcycles in 2017, marking a year-on-year increase of 4.8 percent.

The Vietnam Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (VAMM)’s five members sold over 1.5 million vehicles in January-June 2017, representing a year-on-year rise of 6 percent.

Honda Vietnam (HVN) aims to increase the export of completely built-up (CBU) vehicles by 12 percent and introduce 10 new motorbikes to the market in the fiscal year 2018.

Honda Vietnam is recalling 1,355 cars to repair and replace air bag inflators of models Honda Civic, Honda CR-V and Honda Accord, according to the Vietnam Competition Authority.

Honda Vietnam Company (HVN) launched a driver training centre in Phuc Thang ward, Phuc Yen town, the northern province of Vinh Phuc on March 16.

Norihiro Imada, deputy director of the business plan division of Honda Motor Co. Ltd., said that the company will try to better understand customer’s taste to develop its products.

Honda Vietnam said that it began recalling 9,764 Civic, CR-V and Accord cars from July 8 to replace airbag inflators for passenger seats.

Honda Vietnam (HVN) sold 2.03 million motorbikes in the fiscal year 2016 (which ended in March), 120,000 units more than the previous year, according to General Director of Honda Vietnam Minoru Kato.

Honda Vietnam will work with people in the northern province of Bac Kan to plant more than 80 hectares of forest this year, the fourth year in the HVN-sponsored forest-growing project in the province.

The motorcycle market will continue to grow this year albeit at a marginal rate, according to manufacturers.

Honda Vietnam (HVN) will work harder to contribute more to Vietnam ’s vehicle industry, HVN General Director Minoru Kato said.

Vietnam’s automobile sales in September amounted to 21,366, up 32 percent from the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA).

Honda Vietnam is recalling 21,181 Civic and CR-V units to check and replace faulty airbags.