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Claude Balland, from France, has spent 14 years in Vietnam collecting old sidecars, French-manufactured vintage buses and cars that have been lost in Vietnam from the late 1990s.

Vietnam has great potential in the development of biofuels but the use of this kind of energy remains limited, according to the Vietnam Economic News on April 16.

Launched 3 years ago, the "Buy Vietnamese Goods" campaign in the northern province of Lao Cai has resulted in an increased sales volume of Vietnamese goods, said the Vietnam Economic News on April 11.

Ho Chi Minh City attracted 277.45 million USD of investment in the first quarter of 2014, shooting up over 90 percent from the year before, according to the HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (Hepza).

The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) indicates that auto production and sales in February posted sharp declines due to weakening purchasing power of car buyers and tighter loan regulations imposed by banks.

Banks issued nearly 12 million bank cards last year, raising the total number of cards issued in the country to 66.2 million.

The number of motorcycles registered across the country continues to rise rapidly, amounting to over 39 million units now and exceeding the number targeted for 2020 by 3 million, the Saigon Times Daily reports.

The use of intelligent transportation system (ITS) applications in Vietnam in accordance with the global trends is of critical importance, a workshop heard in Ho Chi Minh City on February 21.

The Vietnam Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (VAMM) made its debut in Hanoi on February 19 with five foreign invested members.

The national trade deficit was 100 million USD in January this year, equalling 1 percent of the export turnover, reports the General Statistics Office (GSO).

From top luxury car manufacturer coming to Vietnam to the first Vietnam Motorcycle Festival in passing through new incentives, a glance at the 10 auto events in 2013.

The famous American motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson opened its first showroom in Vietnam last weekend.

The main shopping season of the year is about to begin and electronics companies are focusing on sales as part of the efforts to improve disappointing turnover since the beginning of the year, said Vietnam Economic News.

Winners of the first Vietnam Invention Contest have been announced, with the top prize going to a rice combine harvester invented by Pham Hoang Thang from the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

The index of industrial production (IIP) saw a 5.4 percent year-on-year increase in the January-October period, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Saigon, known today as Ho Chi Minh City, is now a haven for vintage motorbikes. Not only treasuring the value of the past, the collectors are working to benefit the community also.

A bus priority lane will be set up on National Highway 1A in Hanoi at the end of this year as part of a major project to improve public transportation in the capital.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is prepared to organise activities under the Bangkok Car Free Day campaign on September 22 to promote commuting via public transport.

The number of bank cards issued in Vietnam rose to 60.15 million as of the end of the second quarter this year, up 10.8 percent against late last year, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)'s Payment and Settlement Department has reported.

The department said that roughly 3.05 million new cards were issued in Q2 alone, up compared with the first quarter when 2.81 million new cards were issued.