VinFast Soars to ~170,000 Gross sales in Vietnam in 2025

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The electrical automobile maker from Vietnam has not precisely taken off in the USA, however VinFast is outwardly doing fairly effectively at house.

The corporate stated immediately that it delivered about 170,000 electrical autos in Vietnam in 2025, which is nearly double what it delivered in 2024. In complete, the corporate’s Hai Phong manufacturing unit produced its 200,000th automobile of the yr on December 31, 2025. Whether or not it was so rigorously deliberate to hit such an excellent quantity or simply coincidence, who is aware of?

That stated, it appears the corporate didn’t meet its 2025 targets overseas. “In February final yr, the corporate stated it anticipated to at the very least double EV deliveries globally in 2025,” Reuters stories. “However the overwhelming majority of its deliveries proceed to return from Vietnam, the place the corporate advantages from sturdy model recognition, a rising home EV market and assist from dad or mum conglomerate Vingroup. VinFast didn’t reveal the deliveries it made in worldwide markets in 2025.”

Naturally, it’s onerous for brand spanking new auto corporations to interrupt by way of. Today, these new corporations are principally electrical automobile corporations, however there are various of them. The majority of those EV producers come from China — NIO, XPENG, Leapmotor, Zeekr, Li Auto, Avatr, Xiaomi, and so forth., and so forth. — however there are some others as effectively. There’s Rivian and Tesla from the US, for instance, and now Afeela from Japan.

Except for Tesla, the final huge breakthrough of a brand new auto manufacturers that I keep in mind in the USA was Hyundai and Kia rising up beginning within the Nineties. Nevertheless it took some time for them to get huge — years upon years. VinFast, backed by the Vietnamese authorities, appears keen to be affected person and play the lengthy recreation, nevertheless it’s a hyper aggressive market today, and EV growth is so quick in China. Will VinFast ever be capable to break by way of within the US and Europe?

Inside Vietnam, the corporate apparently has a agency grip on the title of high promoting auto model within the nation (of any type). Moreover, the corporate is concentrating on and doing fairly effectively in close by Asian markets. In 2025, it launched operations at three new factories, one in Ha Tinh (Vietnam), one in Tamil Nadu (India), and one in West Java (Indonesia). So, I do anticipate to see a lot stronger gross sales overseas in 2026 due to markets like Indonesia and India.

Circling again to the highest, right here’s extra on that milestone 200,000th automobile of the yr: “The 200,000th automobile produced on the Hai Phong plant in 2025 is the Limo Inexperienced, a 7-seater electrical MPV that has quickly gained sturdy traction within the Vietnamese market. The mannequin recorded gross sales of 9,642 models in November 2025 alone, setting a brand new all-time month-to-month gross sales file for a single automobile mannequin and contributing to VinFast’s highest-ever gross sales efficiency within the historical past of Vietnam’s automotive business.”

And right here’s extra on that most important Hai Phong manufacturing unit, which CleanTechnica has visited a few occasions and been extraordinarily impressed with: “Through the year-end peak interval in December, the Hai Phong plant operated at most capability, producing almost 26,000 autos within the month. A every day manufacturing file was achieved on December 14, 2025, with 1,062 autos rolling off the manufacturing line-equivalent to a median output of almost 43 autos per hour. This degree of productiveness is similar to among the world’s largest Gigafactories, underscoring the Hai Phong plant’s extremely optimized manufacturing capabilities. The ability is supported by greater than 1,200 ABB robots, a workforce of over 18,000 staff working in versatile three-shift rotations, and an automation degree of as much as 90%.” The corporate additionally produces electrical bikes and electrical buses on the manufacturing unit.

“Producing 200,000 electrical autos in 2025 on the VinFast Hai Phong plant alone is a testomony to the potential and relentless dedication of greater than 18,000 staff working on the facility. This can be a extremely significant milestone that strengthens our confidence as we pursue much more bold objectives forward. With the growth of our manufacturing footprint into key markets comparable to India and Indonesia, I’m assured that VinFast will obtain even quicker and stronger progress in 2026 and the years to return,” Trinh Van Ngan, Deputy CEO of International Manufacturing at VinFast, famous concerning the achievement.