VOV.VN - The National Traffic Safety Committee, Vietnam Television and Toyota Vietnam jointly hosted a ceremony on November 21 evening to commemorate victims of traffic accidents in Vietnam.

Car sales in Vietnam increased by 52% last month after five consecutive months of decline, showing positive signs for the car market at the end of the year.

VOV.VN - With car sales peaking at 3,497 units in September, VinFast surpassed a number of major competitors to become the best-selling passenger car brand in the domestic market.

Semiconductor chip shortage has caused a crisis for major automobile producers in the world, forcing them to suspend production and extend the time to deliver their products, but for Vietnamese ones, the impacts are quite minor as they still can ensure normal production and business activities.

Toyota Motor Vietnam Co., Ltd. and the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Industry Agency on May 17 signed a memorandum of understanding on their cooperation project to improve the capacity of domestic enterprises in supporting industries and strengthen their linkages with automobile assemblers.

Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji and artists Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will hold a symphony concert entitled “Musik aus Deutschland” on April 22 at Hanoi Opera House.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA) announced on April 13 that car sales of its members in March reached 30,935 vehicles of all kinds, representing a sharp rise of 127% compared to the previous month.

With the COVID-19 impacts still looming on local economy, domestic car prices have gone down but remained nearly double the prices of vehicles sold in Thailand and Indonesia, mainly due to high fees and taxes for locally made cars.

Vietnam’s leading IT services provider FPT Software, a subsidiary of FPT Corporation, and Smart Holdings of Toyota Group have recently launched FPT Smart Technologies - a joint venture providing digital transformation services and solutions.

Vietnam posted an estimated trade surplus of US$1.3 billion in January, according to a report recently announced by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).