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VinFast’s Green Strategy Comes Into Focus in the Philippines

VinFast’s expansion in the Philippines is increasingly centered on fleet-led electrification rather than retail EV evangelism. Alongside electric scooters, the company will soon introduce the VF Limo Green, a fully electric seven-seat MPV that will initially be sold to fleet, taxi, and other commercial operators. This approach reflects a deliberate … [continued]

VinFast Introduces Battery Subscription Program in the Philippines

This story updated on January 28 to add some details on the battery subscription as it applied in the Philippines. As electric vehicle adoption continues to gain momentum in Southeast Asia, VinFast Philippines is once again highlighting battery subscription as a central strategy for lowering the cost barrier to EV … [continued]

VinFast Just Rolled Out Four New Electric Scooters — And Tightened Its Grip On Vietnam

VinFast has rolled out four new electric scooter models in Vietnam, and this is not a routine product refresh. It is a coordinated escalation across hardware, software, pricing, and energy infrastructure, designed to lock in domestic market dominance before foreign platforms — most notably Gogoro — can achieve meaningful scale. … [continued]

VinFast Soars to ~170,000 Sales in Vietnam in 2025

The electric vehicle maker from Vietnam has not exactly taken off in the United States, but VinFast is apparently doing quite well at home. The company said today that it delivered about 170,000 electric vehicles in Vietnam in 2025, which is almost double what it delivered in 2024. In total, … [continued]

Vingroup Signs Strategic Agreements for Green Mobility in Uzbekistan & Kinshasa

Vingroup announced separate strategic agreements in late December to develop urban infrastructure and green public transport networks in Uzbekistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Vietnamese conglomerate signed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Kinshasa and Exposure SARL on Dec. 29 to modernize the African capital’s … [continued]

VinFast Opens Indonesia Electric Vehicle Plant Just 17 Months After Groundbreaking

VinFast loves doing things fast. In keeping with this reputation, the Vietnamese EV maker inaugurated its assembly plant in Subang, West Java, on December 15, completing the facility in 17 months and establishing its first production base in Southeast Asia outside Vietnam. The factory represents VinFast’s fourth operational facility globally … [continued]

Op-Ed: “Wild East” Gamble — Why VinFast is Burning Cash to Reach the Stars

CleanTechnica is all for renewables and electrification. We exist to remind humans of the Earth and to rid it of smoke belchers, offensive energy generation, and climate deniers. Idealistic as we are, we are also grounded in the truth that this will never happen quickly enough, and will happen mostly … [continued]