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Vietnam automobile industry faces collapse after Toyota announcement about possible production end

Vietnam automobile industry faces collapse after Toyota announcement about possible production end

Saturday, April 18, 2015, 15:48 GMT+7

The automotive industry in Vietnam is facing a collapse after Toyota has announced that it may stop assembling automobiles in the Southeast Asian country, considering future cuts in taxes on ASEAN vehicles.

As announced early this month by Yoshihisa Maruta, president of Toyota Motor Vietnam, the Vietnamese unit of the world’s largest carmaker is mulling over putting an end to production and switching to imports in order to enjoy the preferential tax treatment an ASEAN trade pact will offer in the next three years.

ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations, including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. 

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