BANG KOK: The Ministry of Transport has accepted the model of Vehicle Type Approval (VTA) certificate issued by the Thailand Government for vehicles exported to Việt Nam.
This was said by Phạm Anh Tuấn, head of the Policy Subcommittee of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association.
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Tuấn told Việt Nam News that VTA certificate was the most important document, as required by the Vietnamese Government’s Decree 116/2017/NĐ-CP on automobiles, for businesses that wanted to export cars to Việt Nam.
“Automakers including Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM, Mitsubishi, Nissan and Mazda, who imported vehicles from Thailand to Việt Nam, had submitted the paper to the ministry and recently received the ministry’s approval. The firms are aggressively planning to resume export after several months of halt,” said Tuấn.
Decree 116 stipulates the conditions for production, assembly, import and business of automobile warranty and maintenance services, issued on October 17 last year. After the issuance, many companies, such as Honda and Toyota, have stopped importing cars into Việt Nam. Ford, Nissan and Mitsubishi also announced a halt on import.
In the last two months of 2017, since the decree was issued, auto businesses sold the remaining vehicles in stock and delivered the last batch of orders. In the first two months of this year, there were no cars for sale, and the number of cars floating in the market was rare.
Honda Việt Nam told ndh.vn that its batch of CR-V would be imported to Việt Nam in early March. However, it may take up to two months to inspect every batch at the ports, so the cars may finally be rolled out in the market in late April or early May.
According to customs regulations, in the declaration of one batch, the value of tax payment must not exceed 12 digits. Therefore, with high-value vehicles, the import of a thousand cars at the same time and in the same shipment must be split into batches. Each batch must be tested with a sample car, extending the time at the port.
