Vietnamese vehicle agency VinFast has halted the plan to fabricate three electrical automobiles in India and requested suppliers to droop work on the tasks as the corporate reassesses prices, in line with a report by Reuters citing two sources and an organization memo.
The reported transfer comes a yr after the automaker entered the Indian market. Vietnam’s largest conglomerate Vingroup VinFast backed VinFast was launched in India in September 2025 with its VF6 and VF7 electrical SUVs.
The corporate has requested its suppliers to “maintain all actions” on three merchandise, together with a two-door SUV named VF3, which was anticipated to be its best mannequin available in the market, together with VF6 and VF7 SUVs, imported as kits from Vietnam and assembled in India.
The most recent growth marks one other setback for loss-making VinFast, which began India operations for development following difficulties in gaining market share within the US and Europe.
Hours after the Reuters report emerged, a VinFast consultant instructed the media that the declare of halting manufacturing operations is “deceptive”.
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“For the fashions presently being bought in India, VinFast has not modified or suspended its manufacturing plans as prompt by Reuters’ sources. VinFast will proceed CKD meeting of those fashions at its Thoothukudi plant to serve the Indian market,” the consultant mentioned.
“India is a vital market in VinFast’s long-term enterprise and manufacturing technique. Since coming into the market, we’ve carried out numerous market analysis research and automobile clinics to judge the wants, preferences, perceptions, and expectations of native customers towards fashions such because the VF 6 and VF 7. The suggestions gathered has enabled VinFast to make acceptable changes to ship merchandise that higher meet the wants of Indian prospects, the corporate added.
Notably, the automaker opened its first manufacturing facility outdoors Vietnam in southern India and promised to speculate $2 billion, because it aimed to construct a regional manufacturing base for South Asia, the Center East and Africa.
In a memo despatched to suppliers in July, as reported by Reuters, Vinfast shared its plan to “briefly” droop all growth work associated to the VF3, VF6 and VF7. Growing and sourcing elements regionally was anticipated to assist VinFast to keep away from costly imports and worth its automobiles extra competitively.
Moreover, the memo reportedly urged suppliers to provide an in depth breakdown of the “complete quantity invested to this point” on the tasks that want cost or reimbursement from VinFast throughout numerous classes such as tooling, engineering and supplies, together with “supporting documentation the place accessible”.
The corporate was not capable of meet its deliberate prices for making elements in India for the three automobiles. This is the reason it determined to halt the work, one of many sources instructed the information company.
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