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Update news car prices
Though automobile prices have fallen to unprecedented low levels, auto showrooms remain deserted with just several visitors and no buyers, while car dealers spend their time surfing the internet.
Car sale agents have launched promotion programs in an effort to clear stock, but the price reductions are lower than those in the same period last year.
Vietnam aims to obtain a GDP growth rate of 6.5 percent this year and average income per capita of $3,700. With rising incomes, car sales are expected to boom.
Current policies have not been attractive enough to persuade investors to pour money into support industries for the automobile industry.
Vietnam’s automobile industry had a prosperous year 2020 despite COvid-19. Manufacturers scaled up production, and new investors appeared.
The government has affirmed its policy to encourage the development of the automobile industry. However, the ‘encouragement’ is not attractive in the eyes of manufacturers.
Despite slow sales, Chinese auto manufacturers have never given up the ambition to penetrate the Vietnamese market.
Car imports in Vietnam have increased again after a long slump caused by the impact of Covid-19. Thailand and Indonesia have been the biggest sellers.
More people could afford imported cars from the EU when the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) takes effect from August 1.
The inventory index of the automobile industry is 122.5 percent in Q1 compared to the same period last year, though the output has decreased by 10.4 percent.
The Finance Ministry on December 3 issued an order amending the vehicle import tariff, in keeping with Vietnam's commitment to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on tax reduction.