With the commencement of the electric vehicle (EV) era, a large number of charging stations are likely to be installed in the time to come, forming a new and promising business sector.

A legal framework, support policies and a concerted infrastructure system are needed to encourage people to switch to using electric vehicles, according to Director of VinFast’s charging station development centre Vu Thang.

VinFast and Petrolimex opened electric vehicle charging service at 10 petrol stations on October 14, as part of a plan to expand the network to 500 stations of Petrolimex across the country.

The government of Hanoi has approved the municipal transport authority’s plan to offer a public bicycle-sharing service in five inner-city districts in the capital city.

Vietnamese electric automobile manufacturer VinFast and French state-controlled power group Électricité de France (EDF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation to install vehicle charging stations in France at the presence of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed that registration fees for electric vehicles should be half those for gasoline vehicles with the same number of seats to boost the consumption of environmentally friendly cars.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has just released a list of factors that are undermining the development of the electric car industry in Vietnam.

The Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI) and the PetroVietnam Oil Corporation (PVOIL) have agreed to collaborate in the research on electric vehicle (EV)’s battery and charging station.

VOV.VN - As the nation’s first automaker, VinFast is now officially taking pre-orders for its first-ever electric model VF e34, with the vehicle being priced at VND690 million.

VOV.VN - The first electric bus model manufactured by VinFast, a subsidiary of Vietnamese conglomerate VinGroup, has been put into operation on a trial basis at the firm’s own manufacturing complex in the northern city of Hai Phong.