Posted on 11 Nov 2009
Vietnam Oct auto sales surge 103 pct year on year
Auto sales in Vietnam last month surged 103 percent from a year earlier to 11,762 units after a jump of 104 percent in September, an industry report said on Friday.
But sales from January to October fell 5 percent from the same period last year to 92,136 vehicles, after an annual fall of 12 percent in the first nine months, the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association said.
Japan's Toyota Motor Corp topped the list with 3,017 cars sold in October, up 25.7 percent from the same month last year. Its accumulated sales so far this year rose 24.4 percent from a year earlier to 22,463 cars.
Vietnam's economy grew an estimated 4.56 percent in the first nine months from a year earlier, slowing from 6.52 percent in the same period last year.
