The Archive · 1939

Motor Assembly Plant In Hanoi

Cars being Put Together For Use in China Hongkong, Jan. 12.

To meet the acute shortage of motor vehicles in China, a motorcar assembly plant under Chinese ownership and operation, has been established in Hanoi, on the site of a former market, according to a report reaching here today from the Indo-China port.

Large numbers of Chinese workers have been brought to Hanoi from China. The plant has already been functioning two weeks turning out a large number of vehicles, it was reported.

Operating on contracts covering 3,000 cars each. a local business concern is supplying materials and parts to the plant. The completed Cars are being sent to Kwa province for further distribution.—Domei.

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