The Prime Minister of the Lao PDR, Mr Sonexay Siphandone met BYD to discuss the development of EV

On June 6, Mr Liu Xueliang, General Manager of BYD Asia-Pacific Auto Sales Division, Mr Ye Chenghui, Regional Director of BYD Asia-Pacific Auto Sales Division, and Mr Mok Leng Tou, President of MOK CO., LTD., BYD’s local partner in Laos, visited the Prime Minister of the Lao PDR in Vientiane capital, both sides held an in-depth exchange meeting on the use of new energy vehicles and the transition to electric vehicles.

At the exchange meeting, Mr Liu Xueliang, General Manager of BYD said that BYD’s cumulative sales of new energy vehicles were exceed 1.86 million units in 2022, an increase of 208.6% from last year, and ranked on the first list of new energy vehicles in the world.
Southeast Asia is a foreign market that BYD pays great attention to. Last March, BYD established the first overseas passenger car manufacturing in Thailand, and We also hope to have an auto parts factory in Laos in the future to support our manufacturing, BYD will work with local partners in Laos to seriously improve passenger car in Laos. In the next will be the launch of the Plug-in Hybrid Model to meet the long-distance travel needs of the people in Laos.     
Sonexay Siphandone, the Prime Minister of the Lao PDR said that BYD is the leader in the new energy car sector in the world and in Laos, BYD is considered to be the first electric vehicle chosen by Lao people. He also congratulated the BYD company to build a factory in Laos and suggested a location in the Vientiane Saysettha Development Zone, which is a national-level cooperation project jointly established by the governments of China and Laos.
The implementation of this project will increase the consensus between China and Laos in promoting the use of electric vehicles in the country and the green-low-pollution project, as well as encouraging the development of Vientiane to become a low-carbon and environmentally friendly city model.

By Advertorial Desk
 (Latest Update June 21, 2023)