VinFast – the global electric vehicle (EV) maker from Vietnam – has announced it is hosting the VinFast California Roadshow until March 6, aiming to promote its electric SUV models VF 8 and VF 9 in the US market.

The Lao Government has given the green light for two private companies to carry out a feasibility study on the construction of a 220kV transmission line which would carry electricity from five dams in northern Laos to Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh wants Vietnam to attract major investors from all over the world to develop the electric vehicle industry, according to an official document issued by the Government’s Office on January 26.

Ho Chi Minh City has been chosen as the first locality to carry out studies on the e-transportation development plan, given its huge potential.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will reduce the excise tax and registration fee placed on electric cars, with these two preferential policies anticipated to become a lever in which the local electric vehicle market, which is in its infancy, can quickly develop in 2022.

VOV.VN - Whilst the prolonged COVID-19 outbreak posed numerous challenges, it also presented plenty of opportunities for local automobile manufacturers to make a spectacular breakthrough in 2021.

VinFast Trading and Service Ltd Co, a subsidiary automaker of conglomerate Vingroup, sold 35,723 vehicles in 2021, posting a year-on-year surge of 21.2% despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

National Assembly (NA) deputies continued an online debate on January 10 on amendments and supplements to the Law on Public Investment, the Law on Public-Private Partnership, the Law on Investment, the Bidding Law, the Electricity Law, the Enterprise Law, and the Law on Special Consumption Tax.

VOV.VN - Artemis DNA has become the first US firm to place an order to purchase 100 electric cars of VinFast following the Vietnamese automaker’s new model debut at the technology exhibition CES 2022 in Las Vegas, the United States.

Vietnamese automaker VinFast announced on January 6 to stop producing internal combustion engine (ICE) cars and switch to all-electric vehicle production from the end of 2022 at the Consumer Electronics Show CES 2022 in Las Vegas, the US.