Sri Lanka opens its largest vehicle assembly plant

COLOMBO, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday inaugurated a 27 million U.S. dollar vehicle assembly plant in the country's north-western province, the President's Media Division (PMD) said.

The PMD said in a statement that the first vehicle to be assembled at the factory is a 15-seater passenger van, which is expected to enter the market by the end of September.

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