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January sales by VAMA member-manufacturers also rose 29 percent to 25,381 units from the year-ago period, including commercial vehicles, cars and special-purpose vehicles.
Vietnam's Truong Hai Auto Corp, which assembles sedans, trucks and buses, led the sales in January, followed by Toyota Motor Corp.
Month-on-month, January sales of cars were up 25 percent, while commercial vehicle sales fell 38 percent and special-purpose vehicles tumbled 78 percent, VAMA said in a report.