Day: August 24, 2024

Of note, VinFast’s expansion outside of Vietnam has been rife with big announcements that have failed to materialise. Most recently, a factory in North Carolina announced back in 2022 was put on ice this year after the company failed to meet sales targets in the North American market. This fits with a largely rocky market entry in the US, at least partly due to the vastly different auto-market dynamics in Vietnam versus in the United States.

This challenge looks to stem from regulations that require the Ho Chi Minh City government to reclaim the land at the end of the lease and reassess its use case. Reportedly there is no way around this with the Ho Chi Minh City government asking the national government for assistance. What is perhaps most concerning, however, is that it has been suggested that if the factory were to close it is unlikely to reopen with Mercedes-Benz to be imported instead.