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Vietnam keeps tough auto import rules despite criticism

Deputy prime minister hints at new incentives to boost domestic production

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Vietnam wants its auto industry to source 35% to 40% of components domestically by 2020, up from about 10% now. © Reuters

TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writer
February 6, 2019 04:29 JST

HANOI -- Vietnam plans to continue strict enforcement of automobile import rules, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung says, amid resistance to the year-old policy from overseas carmakers.

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