News highlights for April 17, 2023
The Hanoi Times provides daily updates on major news stories in Vietnam.
14:30, 2023/02/14
VinFast to expand mobile services in 14 localities
The Vietnamese electric vehicle maker will start operating 100 mobile charging vehicles in the country in June.
17:22, 2023/02/08
VinFast selects U.S.Bank as preferred provider of retail financing and leasing
VinFast is building an electric vehicle plant as an investment strategy to expand the company's US operations.
15:56, 2022/12/07
VinFast files for US public listing
If approved, VinFast will become the second Vietnamese enterprise to list shares on the US stock market after Cavico's listing in 2009.
22:11, 2022/11/25
Vietnamese firm exports first electric cars to the US
VinFast, the car-making arm of Vietnam's private conglomerate Vingroup, today shipped 999 electric units to the US.
10:11, 2022/11/20
Australia funds electric vehicle infrastructure in Vietnam
The funding will help support the manufacturing of electric buses and help establish Vietnam’s first national electric vehicle charging network.
22:27, 2022/11/15
Hanoi’s university and VinFast cooperate to expand electric vehicle infrastructure
The cooperation between VinFast and the Hanoi-based University of Transport Technology is part of efforts to create a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem for Vietnam.
16:42, 2022/10/14
VinFast, Infineon Technologies AG center focuses on Hanoi’s electromobility
The inauguration of the VinFast-Infineon Competence Center (VICC) is planned in the first quarter of 2023 in Vietnam.
17:47, 2022/07/24
VinFast to become IRONMAN's Naming Rights partner
By partnering with IRONMAN, VinFast seizes the opportunity to widely promote itself in global markets as well as inspire consumers to use electric vehicles.
14:11, 2022/07/13
VinFast raises $4 billion for its plant in US
Vietnamese electric-vehicle maker VinFast has signed agreements with Credit Suisse and Citigroup to raise $4 billion globally to fund its Carolina-based EV plant.