By Praveen Paramasivam and Chandini Monnappa THOOTHUKUDI, India (Reuters) -Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast began operations at a new plant in India, its first overseas factory, on Monday, and said it hopes to source more parts locally and that it had received orders from Sri Lanka,

THOOTHUKUDI, India] Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast is in talks with several component manufacturers as it looks to source more from India, the company’s Asia CEO said on Monday (Aug 4). Read more at The Business Times.

VinFast launches its first overseas plant in India’s Tamil Nadu and is in talks to boost local sourcing, aiming to expand production and export electric vehicles across Asia.