RTR: Vietnam's EV maker Vinfast files for US IPO to fuel global expansion

REUTERS reports:

Vietnam’s electric-vehicle maker VinFast said on Tuesday it had filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States to list on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol “VFS” to fund its expansion with a planned plant in North Carolina.

VinFast, which began operations in 2019, is gearing up to expand in the U.S. market, where it hopes to compete with legacy automakers and startups with its two all-electric SUVs, the VF8 and VF9, including battery leasing to reduce the purchase price.

For the IPO, the company said it would convert to a Singapore public limited company and would be known as VinFast Auto Ltd, while the number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering had not yet been determined…

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