Kim Long Motor Hue creates stable income jobs for mechanical engineers

Strategic turning point

On June 27, Kim Long Motor Hue officially signed a cooperation contract with Cho Thavee Group, a leading Thai unit specializing in the production of specialized vehicles and industrial transportation solutions. The contract was signed in Hue with the witness of leaders and related departments and branches, not only opening up opportunities in the field of trade, but also marking a turning point in the regional integration process of a Hue-branded enterprise.

According to the signed content, the two sides will cooperate in manufacturing and distributing passenger cars and specialized vehicles serving the fields of logistics, urban transport and special transportation. Kim Long Motor Hue will be responsible for designing, assembling and producing an average of about 3,000 vehicles per year; Cho Thavee is responsible for distribution in markets such as Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and expanding to some Southeast Asian countries.

Mr. Khun Ju, member of the Board of Directors of Cho Thavee, CEO of NP ENERGYSAVING, highly appreciated the production capacity of Kim Long Motor Hue, especially the ability to manufacture chassis, body, and transmission systems according to international standards. “We are very surprised at the development speed, production organization, and the Vietnamese engineering team. This is an opportunity for both sides to share values ​​and expand market share sustainably,” said Mr. Khun Ju at the signing ceremony.

For Kim Long Motor Hue, this is a large export contract signed with an ASEAN partner with a professional distribution system, opening a new path for the "Made in Vietnam - For Southeast Asia" strategy that the business is pursuing.

Mr. Dao Viet Anh, General Director of Kim Long Motor Hue said: After Korea, Thailand will be the next country to mark the presence of Kim Long Motor Hue buses. Mr. Anh believes that Vietnamese brands can completely affirm their position when they know how to focus on quality, technology and difference. Cooperation with foreign corporations is the result of the process of building internal strength, constantly improving products, and establishing international standard processes.

Established in 2017, Kim Long Motor Hue is located in Chan May - Lang Co Economic Zone, specializing in manufacturing, assembling and trading automobiles, manufacturing components and auto parts, mainly serving the domestic passenger car market. Not stopping there, the enterprise quickly determined the strategic direction of developing a complete manufacturing plant, mastering the chain from design to assembly. In less than a decade, Kim Long Motor Hue has risen to become one of the major automobile manufacturers in the Central region, especially in the passenger car, bus and specialized vehicle segments.

In recent times, Kim Long Motor Hue has produced an average of 800 - 1,000 vehicles of all kinds each year, with consumer markets covering all provinces and cities in the Central Highlands, Ho Chi Minh City and is expanding abroad. Not stopping at the output numbers, what makes Kim Long Motor Hue different is its vision of sustainable development. The enterprise focuses on the factor of "green - clean - high technology", demonstrated through investment in research on electric buses and clean fuel vehicles for urban transport. The proof is that at the end of 2024, Kim Long Motor Hue has released to the market more than 200 electric buses (B30-EV and B60-EV) put into operation by partners on 17 inner-city bus routes in Ho Chi Minh City and received positive feedback from both transport businesses and people.

Lead other businesses to grow

Not only is Kim Long Motor a large-scale mechanical industrial enterprise, it is also the leader leading many supporting units in the region to develop in a chain. Many large mechanical facilities in the provinces and cities of the Central region wish to become suppliers of parts and components for Kim Long Motor Hue. This connection not only helps improve the technical level of supporting enterprises, but also creates an inter-regional industrial ecosystem, which localities need to retain investors.

Along with product development, Kim Long Motor also invests heavily in human resources. The unit is cooperating with many domestic colleges and universities to train and recruit, contributing to job creation and stabilizing the lives of local and regional workers.

At the meeting with the leaders of Kim Long Motor Hue at the end of July, Mr. Nguyen Van Phuong, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee and Chairman of the Hue City People's Committee, said that the development of Kim Long Motor Hue in recent times is not only significant in terms of revenue or production scale, but also creates a positive ripple effect for the city's automobile industry. This is a model that needs to be replicated and strongly supported to promote the further development of Chan May - Lang Co Economic Zone.

By the end of June 2025, Kim Long Motor Hue had produced 2,100 passenger cars, contributing more than VND410 billion to the budget and creating jobs for more than 3,100 workers. The company aims to produce 4,000 more cars and contribute an additional VND1,200 billion to the budget in the last 6 months of this year.

Kim Long Motor Hue also participates in many social activities, from sponsoring scholarships for engineering students to supporting specialized vehicles for charity organizations and remote areas.

The journey of Kim Long Motor Hue is a living proof of the spirit of daring to think, daring to do, daring to rise from internal strength. Without noise, without following short-term trends, the enterprise chooses for itself a slow but sure, sustainable and long-term path.

In the context of Vietnam promoting the manufacturing industry and smart production, Kim Long Motor Hue stepping into the regional arena is a positive signal. Not only bringing economic benefits, bringing Vietnamese automobile brands abroad also contributes to enhancing the national position on the ASEAN industrial map. From a land rich in cultural identity, Kim Long Motor Hue is writing a new chapter for products "made in Hue", of Vietnamese intelligence, Vietnamese hands, confidently conquering the regional market and beyond.

Kim Long Motor Hue Factory has an area of ​​over 165 hectares (phase 1) and will continue to be planned to 600 hectares in the coming time in Chan May - Lang Co Economic Zone, including: A complex of many factories specializing in automobile manufacturing and assembly; a complex of mechanical factories, factories manufacturing engines, transmission systems and a complex of factories manufacturing auto parts; bonded warehouses and orientation for the development of factories producing semiconductor technology and electronic chips to serve the development of the domestic and world automobile industry.

Minh Van

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