(ĐN)- Viet Nam Suzuki Corp., the automobile and motorcycle manufacturing and sales subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corp in Vietnam, broke ground for an automobile factory in Dong Nai province on April 25.
(ĐN)- Viet Nam Suzuki Corp., the automobile and motorcycle manufacturing and sales subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corp in Vietnam, broke ground for an automobile factory in Dong Nai province on April 25.
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| Ground-breaking ceremony of automobile factory of Vietnam Suzuki Corp in Long Binh IP. |
The ground-breaking ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Le Duong Quang, the Japanese Consulate General in HCM city Harumitsu Hida, and Vice Chairwoman of Dong Nai provincial People’s Committee Phan Thi My Thanh.
The new factory is built next to the existing Suzuki motorbike factory in Long Binh industrial park in Bien Hoa city. It is scheduled to be put into operation by 2013 with an initial production capacity of 5,000 units per year, which will be increased gradually in the following years.
With an aim to localise its production lines at the factory by 50 per cent, Suzuki Viet Nam may export auto components to other Suzuki automobile plants in Asia, including those in Thailand, Indonesia, and India.
Viet Nam Suzuki Corp began to manufacture motorbikes at Binh Da factory in Dong Nai in 1996.
The company, which employs 600 people, opened its factory in Long Binh Industrial Park in 2006, making 80,000 motorbikes per year.
Reported by V.L
