Hai Phong (VNA) – The VinFast automobilemanufacturing factory of Vingroup was opened at Dinh Vu Industrial Park ofnorthern Hai Phong city on June 14, officially beginning mass production.

This factory is the most important part of theVinFast automobile and e-scooter production complex, whose construction beganon September 2, 2017.

Covering more than 500,000sq.m. of the complex’s335ha area, the plant is designed to manufacture 250,000 cars each year in thefirst phase, which will be raised to 500,000 in the second phase.

Workshops of the plant are connecteduninterruptedly and highly automated. It is now the only factory in Vietnamable to perform the core automobile production steps, including producing themain parts of a car like chassis and engine.

Notably, VinFast set a record in the global autoindustry when this factory was built in only 21 months.

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Addressing the opening ceremony, Prime MinisterNguyen Xuan Phuc highly valued efforts by the factory’s leaders and workers,noting that the record construction speed shows their great aspiration andenthusiasm to create a miracle in the auto industry of Vietnam and the world.

This result has not only proved that the Vietnamesepeople can do what the world can but also contributed to nationalsocio-economic achievements, he said.

The PM asked VinFast to actively cooperate withother Vietnamese carmakers to together gain a firm foothold in the domesticmarket and soon enter regional and global markets. He also told it to guide thedevelopment of the country’s supporting industries.

At the event, Vice Chairman and Director Generalof Vingroup Nguyen Viet Quang said during the 21-month factory construction,VinFast also completed and debuted one e-scooter and three automobile models.The Fadil will be delivered from June 17 while the first Lux A2.0 and Lux SA2.0cars will be handed over to customers in late July.

Meanwhile, 12 other car and e-scooter models arebeing designed and will make debut this year and 2020.

Earlier, VinFast inaugurated an e-scootermanufacturing factory and developed three car models within only 12 months.Aside from the project implementation in the shortest period of time, it also received 10,000 orders oneyear prior to the first delivery.

VinFast has set completely new records in theworld’s auto industry, Quang added.-VNA