HANOI, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Nissan Vietnam has announced a temporary shutdown over the concerns of complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, becoming the fifth automaker in the country to suspend operation, Vietnam News Agency reported Friday.
Nissan Vietnam will halt production and assembly activities from Sunday by closing its auto factory in the central city of Da Nang, while its dealers in Hanoi and Da Nang have already closed and others in the southern region maintain less than 20 staff members each day to support customers when necessary, according to the report.
The suspension will last until further notifications from the Vietnamese government, said the report.
Earlier, Ford, Toyota, TC Motor and Honda have already decided to suspend their operations in Vietnam in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
