VinFast Opens Indonesia Electrical Car Plant Simply 17 Months After Groundbreaking

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VinFast loves doing issues quick. In line with this status, the Vietnamese EV maker inaugurated its meeting plant in Subang, West Java, on December 15, finishing the power in 17 months and establishing its first manufacturing base in Southeast Asia outdoors Vietnam.

The manufacturing facility represents VinFast’s fourth operational facility globally and marks the fruits of the corporate’s fast growth into Indonesia, which started with its market entry in February 2024. The $300 million first section offers the plant capability to provide 50,000 automobiles yearly, with potential growth to 350,000 items via subsequent growth phases requiring over $1 billion in complete funding.

Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Financial Affairs Airlangga Hartarto attended the ceremony alongside Vice Minister of International Affairs YM Arrmanatha C. Nasir, South Sulawesi Governor Andi Sudirman Sulaeman, West Java Vice Governor H. Erwan Setiawan, and Vietnamese Ambassador Ta Van Thong.

“We extremely commend VinFast for inaugurating its electrical car plant in Subang on schedule,” Hartarto stated. “This undertaking intently aligns with the Authorities’s inexperienced industrial growth agenda and serves as a robust catalyst for the native financial system, notably in job creation, workforce high quality enhancement, and the expansion of a supporting industrial ecosystem.”

The 171-hectare complicated options built-in manufacturing strains together with physique welding, portray, and meeting workshops, together with high quality inspection facilities and logistics amenities. VinFast plans to order parts of the positioning for provider growth to help localization targets of 40% by 2026, 60% by 2029, and 80% from 2030 onward, in keeping with Indonesian authorities industrial rules.

Pham Sanh Chau, CEO of VinFast Asia, described the inauguration as proof of the corporate’s execution capabilities. “The well timed inauguration of the Subang plant isn’t solely a testomony to VinFast’s sturdy execution capabilities, however extra importantly, a strategic milestone in our long-term dedication to Indonesia,” he stated.

The ability will initially assemble right-hand drive variations of the VF 3, VF 5, VF 6, and VF 7 fashions for the Indonesian market. Manufacturing will broaden in 2026 to incorporate electrical two-wheelers and a multipurpose car designed for industrial operations. At full capability, the plant is projected to generate 5,000 to fifteen,000 direct jobs and 1000’s extra in supporting industries.

VinFast’s manufacturing facility launch follows a fastidiously staged market entry that accelerated all through 2024. The corporate introduced plans to take a position $1.2 billion in Indonesian manufacturing in July 2023, figuring out the nation as a strategic market on account of uncooked materials availability and its place as Southeast Asia’s largest automotive market.

The automaker made its formal Indonesian debut on the February 2024 Indonesia Worldwide Motor Present, introducing right-hand drive electrical automobiles for the primary time in its worldwide growth. In March 2024, VinFast launched the VF e34 mannequin at 315 million rupiah and opened its first dealership in Depok via accomplice PT Gallerie Setia Utama.

By August 2024, the corporate had expanded to fifteen vendor areas throughout Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Malang, Sidoarjo, Mojokerto, Surabaya, Bali, Batam, and Makassar. The vendor community supplied the VF 5 and VF e34 fashions with battery subscription packages designed to cut back upfront prices for purchasers.

VinFast broke floor on the Subang plant in July 2024, simply months after opening its first dealership. The corporate participated in Indonesia’s largest auto present, the Gaikindo Indonesia Worldwide Auto Present, in July 2024, the place it displayed six fashions and supplied check drives.

The corporate additionally partnered with Indonesian service supplier Otoklix to determine after-sales help infrastructure and launched a buyback assure providing clients as much as 90% of unique buy worth after six months and 70% after three years.

Not simply meeting, taxis too

VinFast’s mum or dad firm Vingroup has deployed extra electrical mobility companies in Indonesia. Inexperienced and Good Mobility, which operates the Xanh SM electrical taxi service, launched operations in Jakarta on December 18, 2024, working completely with VinFast Limogreen electrical automobiles.

The taxi service plans to deploy roughly 1,000 automobiles initially within the larger Jakarta space, increasing to 10,000 by 2025. Xanh SM has fashioned partnerships with 9 Indonesian corporations together with telecommunications supplier XL Axiata, Financial institution Central Asia, and actual property builders Lippo and ASRI.

The electrical taxi operation expanded to Makassar, Bekasi, and Surabaya in subsequent months. In June 2025, Xanh SM partnered with ride-hailing platform Gojek to supply electrical taxi companies via the GoGreen SM characteristic on the Gojek app.

VinFast has additionally collaborated with V-Inexperienced, a charging infrastructure developer, to broaden charging station availability all through Indonesia. The corporate’s Indonesian technique combines car manufacturing, taxi fleet operations, charging infrastructure, and monetary partnerships to determine what it describes as an built-in electrical car ecosystem.

The Subang plant will function the manufacturing hub for this community, with VinFast positioning the power as a possible export base for right-hand drive markets throughout Southeast Asia as soon as home demand stabilizes. All left-hand-drive markets shall be served by the Hai Phong plant in Vietnam.