According to a newly released report from the Statistics Office under the Ministry of Finance, an estimated 73,714 new vehicles, including both domestically produced and imported units, were added to Vietnam's automobile market in September 2026.

The figure was up 13.5% from 64,946 vehicles in the previous month.

Domestic automobile production reached an estimated 46,200 units in September, edging up 1.3% from August but surging 35.9% compared with September 2025.

In the first nine months of 2026, domestic automakers produced an estimated 416,400 new vehicles, an increase of 24.8% from the same period in 2025.

While domestic production and assembly recorded only modest month-on-month growth in September, imports rose sharply in both volume and value.

According to the Statistics Office, businesses imported an estimated 27,514 completely built-up vehicles during the month, with a total value of $567 million.

Import volume jumped 42.2% from August, while value increased 26%. The previous month saw 19,346 vehicles imported with a total value of $450 million, according to the Customs Department.

Compared with September 2025, vehicle imports rose 59.5% in volume and 42% in value.

During the first nine months of 2026, Vietnam imported an estimated 195,547 completely built-up vehicles worth a combined $4.463 billion.

That represented increases of 26.2% in volume and 30.7% in value compared with the same period last year.

Hoang Hiep