HANOI – Vietnam’s VinFast is seeking to rent 8,000 extra workers for its electric-vehicle plant in Vietnam because it ramps up manufacturing to ship its first battery-powered SUVs to the USA by the tip of this yr, the corporate mentioned.
VinFast, a unit of Vietnam’s largest conglomerate Vingroup, at the moment employs 6,000 individuals in whole.
“New recruitments are for VinFast’s manufacturing growth,” the corporate mentioned in a Fb put up on its verified account asserting the hiring for its plant in Haiphong, Vietnam.
“New employees, together with meeting employees, technicians, and engineers will begin working from August and September.”
The Haiphong plant has capability to supply 250,000 vehicles per yr and VinFast has mentioned it expects to improve that capability to 600,000 by 2026.
In March, VinFast introduced it will construct a plant in North Carolina with an preliminary projected capability of 150,000 EVs a yr. The corporate has mentioned that plant would create 7,500 jobs.
VinFast has mentioned it expects to promote 750,000 EVs per yr by 2026, began with the VF8 and VF9 all-electric SUVs it plans to start producing in Vietnam for gross sales in North America and Europe.
The corporate mentioned it had nearly 8,000 reservations in the USA and expects to export and ship VF8 fashions from the plant in Haiphong to U.S. clients earlier than the tip of the yr.
VinFast’s growth and hiring in Vietnam comes at a time when Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has scaled again manufacturing at its large smartphone plant in Vietnam in response to slower demand.
Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker and Vietnam’s largest overseas employer, produces half of its international output in Vietnam.
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