Reporting to the Permanent Deputy Prime Minister of the Government and the working delegation, the leader of Thanh Cong Group said that after 2 years of construction, Thanh Cong Viet Hung Automobile Factory has basically completed the final construction items, ready to start testing from the end of 2024 and commercial operation from the beginning of 2025.
The factory is built on an area of 36.5 hectares; capacity of 120,000 vehicles/year; designed to be a place to produce and assemble Skoda brand cars under the investment cooperation program of the leading Czech car company with Thanh Cong Group.
According to the plan, in the first phase of operation, the factory will assemble the first Skoda cars in the SUV and B-class Sedan segments, suitable for the tastes and current consumption trends of Vietnamese people. In the next phase, the factory will expand to environmentally friendly electric vehicles. This is also the first automobile factory project in Quang Ninh, one of the new processing and manufacturing industrial products of the province.
The factory is located in Thanh Cong Viet Hung Automobile and Supporting Industry Complex, invested on a total scale of 400 hectares in Viet Hung Industrial Park, Ha Long City. This is an area with a favorable location for both domestic and international trade with a supply chain connecting dozens of manufacturing plants, including automobile assembly, battery and engine production, supporting, ports and services...
At the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan - Chairman of Thanh Cong Group - proposed: The automobile industry is a high-tech industry, internationally competitive and requires large investments. In order for the Thanh Cong Viet Hung Automobile and Supporting Industry Complex to soon be effective, the investor is still continuing to complete investment items according to plan, promoting investment attraction from supporting industry partners to increase the localization rate and move towards mastering the main technology. On that basis, it is hoped that the Government will have preferential policies and specific mechanisms for high-tech zones or economic zones to compete equally with other automobile enterprises and have opportunities for development.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh praised the spirit of solidarity of Thanh Cong Group, which has seized the opportunity early, closely coordinated with Quang Ninh province to implement investment plans; strived to complete the automobile factory project early to put it into operation. The factory will contribute to the development of the Vietnamese automobile industry; in line with the Government's orientation in the goal of increasing the localization rate, increasing autonomy in automobile production; making the automobile industry an important industry, serving the cause of industrialization and modernization of the country.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister suggested that Thanh Cong Group continue to approach new green automobile manufacturing technology, in line with the world's development trend. Mobilize more component manufacturing enterprises to operate in this complex, opening up new opportunities for other enterprises to join the value chain. The Government will continue to have policies to support the development of the automobile industry, improve the quality, scale and competitiveness of the economy to contribute to local and national growth.
