Thanhnien News reported that Vietnam's auto sales in October 2009 surged by 103% YoY to 11,762 units after a jump of 104% in September.

But sales from January to October fell 5% from the same period last year to 92,136 vehicles, after an annual fall of 12% in the first nine months, the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association said.

Japan's Toyota Motor Corp topped the list with 3,017 cars sold in October, up 25.7% from the same month last year. Its accumulated sales so far this year rose 24.4% from a year earlier to 22,463 cars.

Vietnam's economy grew an estimated 4.56% in the first nine months from a year earlier, slowing from 6.52% in the same period last year.

(Sourced from www.thanhniennews.com)