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First motorbike swap meet to open in Vietnam

Posted on July 6, 2014 Written by vovnews Leave a Comment

(VOV) -Motorcycle enthusiasts will have the chance to touch, see and feel the merchandise, or just chat with experienced motorcyclists about the hobby when a bike swap meet is due to open in HCM City later this month.

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The event, dubbed “Silk Road Flea Market“, is expected to attract at least 300 vendors setting up kiosks and stands of all kinds bartering and selling used motorbikes, parts and bike related paraphernalia.



At the 4,200 square meter market, bikers will have a chance to collect old items from classic motorcycles such as handbrakes, wheels and headlights, which most often can be found only in antique shops.

To display or exchange components and vehicles at the market, participants can send their item’s images via email chophien@vietnammotorbikefestival.com. Registration is free of charge.

The market, the first of its kind in Vietnam, is part of this year’s Vietnam Motorbike Festival 2014 set to kick off in Ho Chi Minh City on July 27.

Vietnam Transportation

Scrap motorbikes, huge waste

Hundreds of motorbikes left on pavement for years – huge waste

April 15, 2012

LookAtVietnam – Hundreds of motorbikes of all brands, which belong to traffic rule violators, have been left outdoor on the pavement of Hanoi’s Phu Doan street for a year. They are now scrap.
A street cleaner from the Hanoi Environment and Urban Company says that last July 2011, she saw a truck carrying motorbikes to Phu Doan Street and left motorbikes on the pavement.
These vehicles, which are valuable assets of Vietnamese, are left outdoor for nearly a year and they are not taken care of by anyone. They have been ruined to become scrap.
Local residents say that they feel unhappy because such valuable assets are not used and being ruined.
Correspondents are investigating who take responsible for the vehicles.

Tien Phong

Harley-Davidson roars into India -

NEW DELHI -- Twenty-five Harley-Davidsons rumbled through the heart of the rain-drenched Indian capital Sunday, aggressively announcing the arrival of the legendary U.S. company in one of the world's largest motorcycle markets.

The American motorcycle's long-awaited journey to India was enabled by what has come to be called the "mango-motorcycle swap" in 2007 trade negotiations, when the United States decided to allow Indian mangoes to be imported in return for the export of Harley-Davidsons.

As the engines settled into idle, onlookers milled around the black-jacketed bikers and their machines.

"There is now a confluence of factors in India that is favorable for us," said Matthew Levatich, president of Harley-Davidson's main motorcycle division. "The rise of middle-class consumption, increased government investment in new highways and the recent economic boom have ushered in a perfect time for the market for leisure motorcycle riding."

Harley-Davidson is now looking for Indian dealers so it can roll out its first bikes in the first half of 2010. The Milwaukee-based company does not plan to manufacture or assemble any of the motorcycle parts in India, instead importing the bikes, accessories and riding gear from the United States. Levatich said that if the brand considers manufacturing outside the United States at a later stage, it would be only to meet local demand and not to sell the bikes back into the United States.

Levatich said Harley-Davidson motorcycle sales are doing better in the non-U.S. market, even though the domestic market still accounts for about 70 percent of global retail sales.

India is the second-largest motorcycle market in the world, dominated by small, inexpensive utility bikes that cost roughly $1,200 and are used by those who cannot afford to buy a car. A new Indian car called the Nano was launched this year at a price of $2,500, aiming to convert millions of users of two-wheeled vehicles to first-generation car buyers.

The Harley, however, will target affluent Indians. The company will sell about 12 models in India at a starting price of about $14,000, twice the American starting price.

Cambodian opposition newspaper journalist and son killed in drive-by shooting

A journalist working for a pro-opposition Cambodian newspaper was killed along with his son in a drive-by shooting in the capital, police said Saturday.
Khem Sambo, 47, reported on corruption and other social ills under the rule of Prime Minister Hun Sen for the opposition newspaper Moneaseka Khmer.
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He was riding a motorcycle with his 21-year-old son on Friday when they were each shot twice by a man who was also riding a motorcycle, Phnom Penh police Chief Yim Simony said. They died later in a hospital.
“At this stage we do not have any leads yet about the motive. We are collecting evidence and witnesses who could help us in searching for the attackers,” Yim Simony said.
Moneaseka Khmer editor Dam Sith called the attack “the gravest threat” to his newspaper, which is affiliated with Cambodia's main opposition Sam Rainsy Party.
Oum Sarin, president of the Cambodian Association for the Protection of Journalists, said the killing is “creating a climate of fear” among journalists.
The case is the first killing of a Cambodian journalist in five years, according to Pen Samithy, president of Club of Cambodian Journalists.
The killing threatens the climate for campaigning ahead of July 27 national elections, the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee, a coalition of 21 private groups, said in a statement.
It said it suspected the killings were linked to the many articles Khem Sambo wrote about issues such as illegal logging, illegal fishing deals and land grabbing that involved powerful government officials.
Khieu Kanharith, Cambodia's information minister, said the “culprits cannot be forgiven and must be found.”