In May 2024, Forlander tyre went to Vietnam for a week-long market visit. Let’s talk about our market visit experience.
1.What are the characteristics of vietnam tire market?
Vietnam tire market ‘s terrain presents a long and narrow “S” shape, which is one of its most significant geographical features.
Vertical extension: Vietnam is a long and narrow country with a straight line distance of about 1,650 kilometers from north to south. This long and narrow landform has brought certain challenges to Vietnam’s economic development, cultural dissemination and political unification.
The east-west width varies greatly: Vietnam’s east-west width ranges from the widest 600 kilometers to the narrowest only 50 kilometers, showing obvious narrowing characteristics. This form makes Vietnam’s geographical regions vary greatly, with different climates, natural resources, and humanistic environments.
Complex topography: Vietnam has complex and diverse terrain, mainly including plateaus, plains, hills and mountains. From east to west, the terrain transitions from plains to towering mountains. This terrain condition brings many challenges to infrastructure construction and unified land management.
Sea and land intertwined: Vietnam faces the East China Sea (South China Sea) to the east, has a coastline of 3,260 kilometers, and many islands. Such geographical location and characteristics make Vietnam a country intertwined with sea and land. It not only has maritime advantages, but also faces maritime security issues.
2.What is the situation of trucks in Vietnam and the required sizes and patterns?
The commercial best tires on the market in northern Vietnam is dominated by Chinese brands, mainly including well-known brands such as FAW, Sinotruk, Shaanxi Automobile and Chenglong. This shows that Chinese commercial vehicles have strong competitive advantages in the Vietnamese market.
Mainstream specifications in the Vietnam tire market include sizes such as 11R22.5, 12R22.5, 11.00R20 and 12.00R20. These tires are mainly three-line and football pattern, and tubeless 4-line tires are also more common.
Among three-line tires, new three-line pattern models dominate the Vietnamese best tires on the market. This reflects that the Vietnamese commercial vehicle tire market attaches great importance to cost performance.
3. What is the vehicle usage situation in Vietnam?
Vietnam is basically divided into three regions: North, Central and South. According to the information given by customers: the overall situation is overloading in the north, overloading in the middle and mixed long-distance, and long-distance in the south. Mineral mining areas are concentrated in the north, and there are more in the north. They are stone mines and some coal mines, mainly hard minerals. This is what we have learned. In addition, our lander agent took us to see the stone mine on site. After the mine is mined, it is crushed directly at the foot of the mountain and then sent to farther places via rails. Therefore, the tires on the mine are transported over a short distance, about 2 kilometers. The total weight of the 10-wheel vehicle is 80 tons, and the tires are replaced every 4-6 months. We did not have the opportunity to see the specific tires up close. In another quarry, the situation here is that the vehicle weighs 20 tons and the cargo is 50 tons. It travels 100 kilometers to Henan twice a day. Customer feedback indicates that the quality of Forlander’s products is quite good.
According to customer feedback, there are 170 tire brands in Vietnam, and some customers say there are 300 brands. Basically all Chinese brands can be found here, both domestically and internationally. Because the models used in Vietnam are basically the same as those in China, domestic brands can also be sold to Vietnam.
Conclusion
Vietnam has a long, narrow “S” shape with complex, diverse terrain transitioning from plains to towering mountains. This creates challenges for infrastructure and land management. The northern commercial truck market is dominated by Chinese brands like FAW and Sinotruk. Common tire sizes are 11R22.5, 12R22.5,11.00R20 12.00R20 and three-line or football patterns are most popular. Vehicle usage varies by region – overloading in the north, mixed long-distance in central, and more long-haul in the south. Mineral mining is concentrated in the north, requiring durable, frequently replaced tires. There are approximately 170-300 tire brands available in the Vietnamese market, including many Chinese domestic brands.
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