Vietnam imported 8,800 cars of various types worth US$202 million in August, a surge of 85.6% compared with the previous month, according to a report from the General Department of Customs.
Vietnam spent about US$1.2 billion to import 53,000 completely built unit (CBU) cars in the first eight months of this year.
While local export products have been facing more anti-dumping investigations and tax evasion cases in foreign countries, Vietnamese enterprises are still unaware of the risk.
Vietnam imported 44,973 cars in the first seven months, down 47.5% year-on-year amid a slump in auto demand due to COVID-19.
VOV.VN - Vietnam imported a total of 4,000 completely built unit (CBU) automobiles with a value of US$104 million during July, with the majority coming from Thailand, representing an increase of 6.3% from June.