Car companies are offering new door-to-door services and digitised shopping experiences to boost consumption amid the latest outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam.

Vinbus Ecology Transport Services Limited Liability Company (VinBus), a member of Vietnam’s largest conglomerate Vingroup, on May 17 trialed its smart electric bus service on Hanoi streets after one-month testing inside VinGroup’s urban areas.

Vingroup has sent a dispatch to the Ha Tinh provincial People’s Committee, proposing a project on an automobile complex.

VOV.VN - Vingroup, Vietnam’s largest private conglomerate, has unveiled plans for its subsidiary VinSmart to halt the manufacturing of televisions and smartphones in order to primarily concentrate on developing electronic products and other components for VinFast cars.

VOV.VN - Vingroup, Vietnam’s leading multisectoral conglomerate, is planning an initial public offering (IPO) of its car manufacturer VinFast in the United States that could raise about US$2 billion, Bloomberg reported.

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.

VinFast Trading and Production LLC, a subsidiary of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, sold a total 2,330 cars in March, including 1,312 Fadil, 548 Lux A2.0 and 470 Lux SA2.0, the firm announced on April 12.

On March 24, Vinfast made headlines after releasing its statement about receiving orders for its first electric car model VF e34 for VND690 million (about US$32,000), to be delivered in the third quarter of 2021.

VOV.VN - Manufactured by VinFast as part of efforts to develop a modern and environmentally-friendly public transport network, VinBus electric buses have been launched at Vinhomes Ocean Park urban area in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Local automaker VinFast says a record high number of orders have been placed for its smart electric vehicle shortly after the environmentally friendly car made its debut on March 24.