First Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer VinFast announced on December 13 that it handed over 594 EVs of VF e34 and VF 8 models to its customers in November.
Hanoi (VNA) - First Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer VinFastannounced on December 13 that it handed over 594 EVs of VF e34 and VF 8 modelsto its customers in November.
The company, a member of private conglomerate Vingroup, isplanning the delivery of thousands of units of the two models for pre-ordercustomers when the supply chain is stable and production is no longer interrupted,as well as the first VF 9 ones at the beginning of the first quarter next year.
VinFast's VF 8 model (Photo: VNA)
On December 10, VinFast officially received orders for itsVF 5 Plus model, with a total of 3,293 orders made in the first nine hours. Customersmay receive the first cars in April 2023.
On November 25, it exported the first batch of 999 EVs ofVF8 model to the US market. They are scheduled to arrive in California in thenext few days and be handed over to the first consumers by the end of thisyear./.
Vietnamese carmaker VinFast announced on November 18 that, it has received an order from American electric vehicle subscription firm Autonomy for more than 2,500 VF 8 and VF 9 vehicles.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 25 attended a ceremony in the northern port city of Hai Phong to export the first batch of VinFast electronic vehicles (EVs) to the US.
Vietnamese automaker VinFast, a member of private conglomerate Vingroup, on December 5 officially opened its first two stores in Cologne of Germany, and Paris of France.
VinFast Trading & Investment Pte. Ltd. (VinFast) on December 7 announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its ordinary shares.
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VinFast's VF e34 model (Photo: VNA) 
VinFast's VF 8 model (Photo: VNA) 
