New sale promotions on automobiles are expected to be run after the 50 percent vehicle registration tax reduction policy expires.

While Covid-19 has had a big impact on the economy and most people, it has not hurt the rich. They are stil spending big money on luxury car models.

The car market has recovered recently, though sales are not as good as the same period last year. The demand for both new and used cars is increasing, and the prices are escalating.

To own a super luxury car, one has to pay tens of billions of dong in taxes and fees, which are 3-4 times higher than imported car prices.

A number of large manufacturers slashed car prices in early October, signaling a fierce race in the Vietnamese auto market.

For many people, the news that automobile manufacturers have paid high amounts of tax to the state in the context of slow auto sales indicates that cars are being sold at sky-high prices in Vietnam.

More and more cheap cars will flood the Vietnamese market in upcoming months as automobile manufacturers in Thailand and Indonesia have urged their governments to apply measures to boost car exports.

With preferential tariffs beginning in 2020, used luxury cars from CPTPP-member countries will be available in Vietnam.

Despite sale promotion campaigns launched by manufacturers, the car market remained gloomy in the last months of the year.

The high production costs, taxes and fees all make automobile prices in Vietnam much higher than in other countries in the region.

CBU (complete built unit) imports from Thailand account for more than 50 percent of total car imports and turnover in the first eight months of the year, according to the General Department of Customs (GDC).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has proposed raising luxury tax on some car models with fewer than nine seats.

VietNamNet Bridge - Changes in tax and investment policies have required automobile manufacturers to take steps to optimize their business. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The import tariff on cars with fewer than 9 seats from ASEAN countries has been cut to zero percent, but the car prices do not decrease, but are even higher than previously.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese spend tens of trillion of dong every year to import luxury cars, though the average income per capita is at a medium level in Southeast Asia.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is among the countries with the highest selling price of cars in the world. 

Domestic automobile joint ventures are focusing on importing cars for local sale rather than manufacturing, raising concern about the loss of revenue to local budgets.

Car dealers and buyers are ‘holding their breath’ before January 1, 2018, when car prices are expected to see big fluctuations.

Automobile joint ventures believe the policy will encourage them to import CBU cars instead of assembling cars domestically.