The 10 cars put up for auction this time include passenger cars and cars, manufactured from 1997 to 2012. The starting price has a large difference, depending on the status and age of each vehicle.
The lowest is the Toyota Hiace RZH I14L - BRMRS manufactured in 2002 with a starting price of more than 14 million VND. The highest is the Mercedes-Benz E300 (W212) manufactured in 2009, with a starting price of nearly 471 million VND. Some other cars such as Ford Everest UV9F, Hyundai Sonata... have starting prices ranging from 15 million VND to more than 400 million VND.
Notably, there are 4 passenger cars on this list that have expired and 3 cars were damaged by flooding during the historic flood on October 14-15, 2022. Among the flooded cars is the Toyota Camry manufactured in 1998, which was put up for auction with a starting price of more than 87 million VND. All announced starting prices do not include value added tax (VAT).
The People's Committee of Da Nang City has assigned the Department of Finance to preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies and units to organize the implementation of public and transparent auctions in accordance with the provisions of law.
The auction of the excess public car is part of the city's public property arrangement and handling, especially in the context of considering the consolidation project of Quang Nam province and Da Nang city. After the Government issued a new Decree replacing Decree 72/2023 on the standards and norms of car use, the Department of Finance of Da Nang City (new, if consolidated) will advise the City People's Committee to issue specific regulations and build a roadmap for arrangement and handling of public vehicles in accordance with the actual situation.
According to the consolidation project of Quang Nam and Da Nang city, after the merger, the total number of public cars of the two localities is 760 units, of which Da Nang has 470 cars and Quang Nam province has 290 cars. The handling plan is that the public vehicles serving the provincial general work will be allocated to the administrative agencies, the Party agencies, the Fatherland - Union Front, the provincial non -business unit managed by the new (after the unified).
District-level public vehicles are also rearranged to grassroots levels, serving the work of the government, Party, and mass organizations after the arrangement, on the basis of current standards and norms. For specialized vehicles, the project proposes to continue to use them for the right purposes according to the functions and tasks of units such as health, fire prevention and fighting, environment, national defense - security, etc.
