Honda Vietnam to Build Third Motorbike Plant

July 25, 2011
The company says it had a 64% share last year of the market which totaled 2.69 million units and was the world's fourth-largest behind China, India and Indonesia.

To expand capacity by 25% in the world's fourth-largest two-wheeler market, Honda Vietnam said on July 25 that it will build a third motorcycle plant.

The $120-million factory in Ha Nam province south of Hanoi is expected to open in the second half of next year.

It will boost Honda's production capacity by 500,000 motorcycles annually, "to accommodate consistent and rapidly growing demand of the motorcycle market in Vietnam," the company said.

Honda have so far reached a total capacity of two million bikes this year from its two existing plants in Vinh Phuc province northwest of Hanoi.

The company says it had a 64% share last year of the market which totaled 2.69 million units and was the world's fourth-largest behind China, India and Indonesia.

Motorcycles are the primary mode of transport in Vietnam, a country of about 86 million people where the major cities are clogged with honking motorbikes and scooters.

Honda Vietnam Co Ltd. began production in 1997. Japan's Honda Motor has a 42% stake in the firm.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2011

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