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Laptop sales, which began to boom at the beginning of 2020 following the COVID-19 outbreak, remain strong as studying and working from home continue.

onda Vietnam reported increases of 17.3 percent and 94.1 percent in its sales of motorbikes and automobiles in March compared to the previous month.

Ford Vietnam’s sales in the first quarter of 2021 rose 52 percent against the same period last year, equivalent to 5,914 vehicles delivered to customers.

The import of automobiles increased dramatically in March, according to figures released by the General Department of Customs (GDC).

Retail University 2021, a series of activities to support small- and medium-sized retailers in promoting online sales, will be organised from April 7-9.

To celebrate a brilliant summer season and meet the travel needs of passengers on the occasion of April 30 and May 1, Vietjet opened a series of new routes from Da Nang, Thanh Hoa, Nha Trang, Da Lat and Vinh to Phu Quoc.

Helping businesses revive production and trading is one of the important tasks that the Department of Industry and Trade of Ho Chi Minh City will focus on in 2021.

Indonesia has recorded its first annual import growth since July 2019, indicating a sign of recovery in factory activity and manufacturing investment, following last year’s economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leading steel manufacturer Hoa Phat Group sold over 93,200 tonnes of steel pipes in the first two months of 2021, a year-on-year increase of 8.6 percent and giving it the leading market share in Vietnam.

Toyota Motor Vietnam Co., Ltd. (TMV) sold 2,451 vehicles in February, down 45 percent from the previous month, the company said.

Honda Vietnam reported significant declines of 49.7 percent and 57.5 percent in its sales of motorbikes and automobiles in February compared to the previous month.

A long Lunar New Year holidays, the ending of registration fee cut and impacts from COVID-19 pandemic are major reasons behind a strong fall of automobile sales in February, according to insiders.

Sales of Huyndai automobiles in February slumped by half month-on-month to 3,021 units due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Lunar New Year holiday, reported TC Motor – representative of Huyndai Thanh Cong.

Leading steel manufacturer Hoa Phat Group sold a total of 439,000 tonnes of steel in February, a decline of 25 percent compared to January.

VinFast Trading and Production LLC, a subsidiary of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, plans to set up an automobile plant in the US after establishing a 50-member R&D office in San Francisco in preparation for California automobile sales in 2022, Bloomberg reported.

Ho Chi Minh City earned more than 7.98 billion USD from exports in the first two months of 2021, up 25.1 percent year-on-year, the municipal Department of Industry and Trade has reported.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has called for concerted solutions to maintain market stability, remove difficulties facing domestic firms, and increase the total retail sales of goods and services.

Demand for consumer goods during Tet in Ho Chi Minh City was higher than last year despite the economic impacts of COVID-19.

Honda Vietnam reported year-on-year surges of 4 percent and 57.4 percent in the sales of motorbikes and automobiles in January.

With a week to go for Tet (the Lunar New Year) sales of goods bought to celebrate the Lunar New Year have increased by 30-40 percent from normal times, according to market observers.