VOV.VN - A series of foreign media outlets, including Nikkei, Carsifu, and Leautoblog, have simultaneously published articles highlighting electric cars (EV) produced by VinFast, an affiliate of Vingroup, a leading multisectoral conglomerate of Vietnam.

Conglomerate Vingroup recently posted a video on the trial run of its level 4 self-driving electric cars on Hon Tre island, Nha Trang city, the south central province of Khanh Hoa, which is developed by the Vingroup Big Data Institute (VinBigdata).

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.

VOV.VN - Vinfast Trading and Service Limited Liability Company has officially put its subsidiaries in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, and the Netherlands into operation as they prepare for the launch of their latest models in these markets.

VinFast Trading and Production LLC, a subsidiary of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, sold a total 2,330 cars in March, including 1,312 Fadil, 548 Lux A2.0 and 470 Lux SA2.0, the firm announced on April 12.

On March 24, Vinfast made headlines after releasing its statement about receiving orders for its first electric car model VF e34 for VND690 million (about US$32,000), to be delivered in the third quarter of 2021.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese electric-vehicle startup VinFast has initiated plans to open a factory in the United States after setting up a 50-member San Francisco research office in preparation for putting its vehicles on sale in the California market ahead in 2022, according to the US newswire Bloomberg.