Vietnam's Thanh Cong opens first car factory in Quang Ninh

$340m project is set to produce 120,000 of VW's Skoda cars annually

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Vietnam is a good location to import parts from India. Skoda Volkswagon India Managing Director Gurpartap Boprai at the launch of Skoda Kushaq in Mumbai in 2021. © AP

MAI NGUYEN

March 27, 2025 17:18 JST

HANOI -- Vietnamese automobile maker Thanh Cong Group opened a $340 million car plant on Wednesday in northern Quang Ninh province.

The plant, the first automobile factory in the province, will assemble 120,000 Czech internal combustion engine Skoda cars per year, the Quang Ninh provincial authority said in a statement on its website.