Overview

Vietnam’s automotive industry takes on the challenge of domestic production

The size of Vietnam automobile market was once considered relatively small and overlooked by many Japanese manufacturers. There existed a strong opinion that the liberalization of trade among ASEAN countries would make the automotive industry become unnecessary in Vietnam. However, the demand for automobile in Vietnam has recently been on the rise. Could it be a potential driving factor for the growth of a manufacturing base?

07-04-2014

The Vietnamese population in 2014 reached 90 million while up to 37 million motorbikes have been registered. As demonstrated, the motorbike market is very large here. Vietnamese people feel it hard to live without a motorbike because the population is concentrated in large cities while roads are mainly narrow and public transportation has not been developed yet. Read More “The sign of diversifying need in the motorbike market”