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		<title>Economic downturn slows auto sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vietnam imported 3,000 complete built unit (CBU) automobiles worth $45 million in January, down 49.8 per cent in volume and 55.1 per cent in value from the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GS0). The number of imported CBU&#8217;s matches last August&#8217;s record low. Industry insiders attributed the fall to economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM seeks a pick-up over its van claim</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GM Vietnam Motors Company is losing hand over fist because of regulatory confusion over whether its Chevrolet Spark is a van or a pick-up truck. According to Certificate 357/VAQ07-01/08 on quality, safety and environmental protection granted by the Ministry of Transport’s Vietnam Register, the Chevrolet Spark is a van, not a pick-up which can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Auto market freezes, manufacturers consider scaling down production</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the noisy sales promotion campaigns, the automobile market still keeps gloomy. Big automobile manufacturers have said they are considering scaling down the production. Car sales agents and showrooms in Hanoi have opened again after Tet, but there has been no visitor these days. Analysts say that the automobile market has become frozen after the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Auto market may witness authorized reseller boom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Analysts believe that with the new strict regulations on the import procedures, the automobile market in 2012 would have no room for unofficial car imports, while the market would witness the establishment of massive official authorized dealers. The Circular No 20 released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, which, according to the ministry, aims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End of the road for motorbike industry?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not clear if the Vietnamese motorbike industry is coming or going. Experts reckoned in the past that demand should dry up when the number of bikes in the country topped 30 million. But according to the Ministry of Transport, by August 2011 the number had reached 33.4 million. On the other hand, all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam’s car import declines sharply in last 6 months of 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vietnam&#8217;s car import declined sharply in the last six months of 2011, according to general Department of Vietnam Customs. In particular, regarding car item, in the first six months of 2011, Vietnam&#8217;s car imports were 34,088 units worth $631.5 million, rising 48 percent and 55 percent in volume and value from the same period of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hanoi to build more overpasses, car parks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year, Hanoi authorities plan to build steel overpasses for cars and motorbikes as well as underground and high-rise car parks to gradually reduce traffic congestion in the capital city. Under the plan, Hanoi will build nine multi-storey car parks in such areas as Phung Hung, Tran Nhat Duat, Tran Khanh Du, Ngoc Khanh and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Figures show gloomy future of motorbike market</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The statistics released by the General Statistics Office (GSO) recently can talk about the future of the market and the motorbike industry in Vietnam. The motorbike market did not bear the hard pressure in 2011 like the automobile market, but it was unexpectedly gloomy. Right at the beginning of the year, motorbike manufacturers ran a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fee and charges up, auto market gloomy, buyers and manufacturers unhappy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ownership registration tax increases, plus the proposed yearly traffic fees on personal vehicles and cars have made all people unhappy. Manufacturers fear that their products would be salable, while car buyers try to dodge the laws to avoid high tax. Market gloomy Do Xuan Quan, Sales Director of Nissan Ha Dong sale agent, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Auto market 2011: many changes, little joy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2011 automobile market was gloomy with no growth rate and the sales just equal to that of 2010. A lot of automobile manufacturers reportedly meet difficulties. No growth in 2011 The report by the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association VAMA shows that its 17 member corporations had sold 98,709 cars by the end of November [...]]]></description>
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