Nissan Vietnam stops production for 15 days
Nissan Vietnam stops production for 15 days
Nissan Vietnam will shut down its plant in the central city of Da Nang for 15 days starting April 5 to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.
A Nissan logo is pictured in an auto show. Photo by Reuters/Aly Song.
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The company’s 25 dealers nationwide will also be closed from April 1-15 in line with the government’s social distancing campaign, the Japanese automaker said in a statement.
Before Nissan, Ford, Toyota, TC Motor and Honda had all shut down production temporarily in Vietnam to protect their employees amidst the rising number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in the country.
As of Friday, Covid-19 tally in Vietnam had risen to 233, of whom 85 have been discharged after recovery.
Japan’s Yamaha Motor has also shut down motorbike production from April 1 until April 15.
Auto sales in the first two months fell 27 percent year-on-year to 33,400 units, according to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA).
Last year, car sales rose 11.7 percent to 322,322 units, it said.
