Piaggio to build Vespa factory in Vietnam
by admin on October 15, 2007
Up until today the people of Vietnam where unable to buy domestic made Vespa scooters. Piaggio said that today they are going to build a scooter factory in the Vietnamese city of Vinh Phuc which is near the capital Hanoi. The factory is expected to produce around 50,000 scooters per year with the first scooter to come off the production line in 2009. In comparison with many western nations, Vietnam has already taken to scooters like a duck to water. Motorcycles are actually the most popular form of transport with over 21 million registered bikes on the road today. The Vietnamese market is also growing by 2 million bikes a year!
Piaggio has said they are planning to invest $30 million into the new factory over the next 2 years. Vietnam already has strong competitors in the motorcycle industry with Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki all have a base in the country.
I think this is great news for the people of Vietnam and I will look forward to riding a brand new Vespa when I make my visit in the next 3 years.
{ 1 comment… read it below or add one }
Dear Piaggio Group Viet Nam,
Let me introduce myself, I’m Robert Shau based in French Polynesia and who get a scooters, motorcycles, vehicles, and spare part’s business since more 15years (ETS ROBERT).
I seen that Piaggio had it own factory in Viet Nam, and I would like to know if its possible for us to work together.
Just a quick note, I represented the scooter’s brand as KEEWING, and I’m really interesting with your different vespa, I would like to sell from my shop but I know Piaggio is alredy selling by Tracqui Group. Is it possible for you to still selling your product and put the brand KEEWING instead of PIAGGIO. How can we work?
Hope to hear you,
Any requirement, revert.
Best regards,
Robert Shau.
Ph 689.42.97.20
Email robert.shau@mail.pf