A bus is checked at a service centre of Truong Hai automobile company. (Photo: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA) - TheTruong Hai Automobile Joint Stock Company (Thaco) has officially inauguratedits first smart truck and bus showroom and service centre in the central cityof Da Nang, offering convenient facilities for customers in the central region.
Thaco Chairman Tran Ba Duongstressed at the opening ceremony on January 28 that the centre will serve as anexample for its mass development of smart showrooms in 40 provinces and citiesnationwide by 2020.
The Da Nang showroom and servicecentre, which was built in Hoa Vang district on a 2.6ha area with totalinvestment of 142 billion VND (6.3 million USD), provides maintenance servicesusing advanced technology for 200 buses and trucks each day.
“The centre – Thaco’s first of itskind in Vietnam – aims to offer a comprehensive service for bus and truckmodels that Thaco has sold to customers in Vietnam. We also build trust andguarantee top service among our agents and car users in nationwide,” Duongsaid.
“We offer services to locallymade brands Foton, Fuso and Thaco bus in central Vietnam, and Thaco plans toinvest 6 trillion VND (265 million USD) in the development of service centresthrough out Vietnam in 2020,” he said.
He added that Thaco has developed100 showrooms and 60 authorised agents in 63 provinces and cites.
According to the latest report, the local car maker sold nearly 90,000 cars in2017, claiming 40 percent market share of automobiles in Vietnam.
Last year, Thaco launched thefirst made-in-Vietnam bus factory at Quang Nam province’s Chu Lai-Truong HaiIndustrial Complex with a capacity of 20,000 buses and minibuses a year, mostlyfor export.
The Quang Nam-based auto makerhas also developed a supporting industry zone with 24 plants producing spareparts and accessories for local use and export.
Thaco, in co-operation withJapan’s Mazda Motor Corporation, has developed a new Mazda factory – the secondsuch Mazda facility in Quang Nam province, with a total investment of 380million USD.
Thaco currently assembles anddistributes the Republic of Korea’s Kia, Japan’s Mazda, France’s Peugeot and BMWmodels.-VNA
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