November 19, 2011
An undated file photo taken at the Toyota Vietnam plant. Toyota President Akio Toyoda said last week the company isn’t considering reducing investment in Thailand. Japanese companies, Thailand’s biggest foreign investors, may spend more to build factories in neighbors including Indonesia and Vietnam after the worst flooding in 70 years disrupted global production. “Executives recognize [...]
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April 16, 2011
Engineer who exposed flaws in cars produced by the Toyota Vietnam says he would do it again, if needed A Toyota Innova, a popular model in the country used widely by many taxi companies, runs on a street in Ho Chi Minh City. Toyota Motor Vietnam announced last week that it plans to recall [...]
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December 13, 2009
Central residents say they need more rescue vessels to save lives during storms. (Photo: SGGP) LookAtVietnam – A shortage of equipment and personnel to cope with the central region’s frequent storms has long afflicted Vietnam. Despite the heroic efforts of residents and officials to help storm-hit communities, experts say there remains a dire lack of [...]
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November 24, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Motor Show 2009 officially closed on November 23 afternoon after an exhibition that was just a little greener in its ambitions. While greener hybrid cars are already huge sellers overseas – such vehicles are yet to catch on in Vietnam as high prices put them out of reach of most [...]
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September 11, 2009
A car showroom in Ho Chi Minh City Car sales in Vietnam jumped 31 percent in August from a year earlier to 10,555 units, after an increase in July of 26 percent, an industry report said on Wednesday. The number of vehicles sold in August was lower than the 10,839 sold in July due to [...]
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August 4, 2009
The three major U.S. automakers accounted for 47 percent of the first 80,000 “Cash for Clunkers” sales, the U.S. government said Monday. This photo taken on August 3 shows the sign of Ford Motor. Ford Motor Co. posted its first monthly sales increase in nearly two years, reports said Monday. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Through Saturday afternoon, the National [...]
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July 30, 2009
Toshiyuki Shiga, chief operating officer of Nissan Motor Co., demonstrates charging the company’s prototype electric vehicle at the Oppama test course in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Japan on July 27 Automakers may be getting past the worst of the slump after PSA Peugeot Citroen said it generated cash in the first half and Honda Motor [...]
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July 28, 2009
Models and their children walk past Toyota Motor Corp.’s “Deco Prius”, which is decorated with rhinestones, crystals and stickers, during an unveiling of the vehicle at the automaker’s showroom in Tokyo, Japan, July 20, 2009More than 300 young women, sporting curly chestnut brown-dyed hair, heavy make-up and manicured nails crowded into a Toyota Motor Corp. [...]
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July 8, 2009
Car sales in the first half of 2009 dropped 30 percent from a year earlier to 48,000 vehicles, the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturing Association said Tuesday. However, June sales at 16 car makers operating in Vietnam only fell 1 percent from a year earlier to 9,699 units after the government halved value-added tax on cars to [...]
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June 9, 2009
Vietnamâs car sales in May dropped 24 percent from a year earlier to 8,761 vehicles, as tight credit and a weakening economy hit demand. January-May sales by the 16 car makers operating in the Southeast Asian country fell 35 percent from the same period last year to 58,860 units, the Vietnam AutomobileManufacturers Association said in [...]
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