Hyundai to set up joint venture in Vietnam to boost sales
Car maker Hyundai Motor Co. of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will set up a joint venture with Vietnam’s Thanh Cong group to boost sales in the emerging market, according to Yonhap news agency.
Vice President Jeong Bang-sun (2nd from L), head of the Asia-Pacific, Africa & Middle East Operations Division at Hyundai, and Thanh Cong Group CEO Le Ngoc Duc (2nd from R) shake hands with each other after signing an initial agreement to set up a sales joint venture in Vietnam. (Source: Yonhap)
Hanoi (VNA) - Car makerHyundai Motor Co. of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will set up a joint venturewith Vietnam’s Thanh Cong group to boost sales in the emerging market,according to Yonhap news agency.
The RoK news agency quoted astatement of Hyundai as saying that the company and Thanh Cong Group signed aninitial agreement to establish a sales joint venture that will be tasked withselling 100,000 vehicles in Vietnam by 2020.
For the whole of 2018, Hyundai'svehicle sales more than doubled to 55,924 units in the key Southeast Asianmarket compared with a year earlier. It ranked second in the local automobilemarket with a share of 19.4 percent after Toyota Motor Corp., the statementsaid.
Vietnam's automobile sectorjumped 27 percent to 287,949 units last year from 226,120 in the previous year,it said.
To help meet the sales goal,Hyundai said it will expand its plant in Vietnam to 100,000 units by 2020 fromthe current 60,000.-VNA
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Vice President Jeong Bang-sun (2nd from L), head of the Asia-Pacific, Africa & Middle East Operations Division at Hyundai, and Thanh Cong Group CEO Le Ngoc Duc (2nd from R) shake hands with each other after signing an initial agreement to set up a sales joint venture in Vietnam. (Source: Yonhap) 
