TATRA present on Vietnam Auto Expo 2010

Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) is displaying specialized vehicles such as heavy-duty dump trucks made by Russia’s Kamaz, Ukraine’s Kraz, Sweden’s Scania, Czech’s Tatra, Western Star Trucks and J&J Truck Bodies at the June 6-9 Motor Show.

Vinacomin assembled and exported Tatra heavy trucks to China as early as 2007. The Vietnamese Tatras are meant to be used for mining. It was, however, difficult to sell Tatra to Eastern European countries even though the brand name was previously well-known in these countries. More…