Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast officially opened its Subang manufacturing plant in West Java on December 15, 2025, marking its fourth global factory and first in Southeast Asia outside Viet Nam, with total planned investment exceeding USD 1 billion across multiple phases on a 171-hectare site.
The Phase 1 rollout, backed by USD 300 million, delivers an initial capacity of 50,000 EVs per year, supported by highly automated, international-standard body welding, painting, and assembly lines, with future phases designed to scale production up to 350,000 units annually to serve Indonesia’s growing EV market and regional exports.
Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto praised VinFast for completing the project on schedule, noting that the factory aligns with Indonesia’s green industrial strategy while accelerating job creation, workforce upskilling, and the development of a regional EV manufacturing ecosystem centered in Subang.
VinFast Asia CEO Pham Sanh Chau said the plant reflects VinFast’s long-term commitment to Indonesia, highlighting aggressive localization targets of over 40% local content by 2026, 60% by 2029, and 80% from 2030, in line with national industrial regulations and supplier ecosystem development.
The facility will initially assemble right-hand-drive models VF 3, VF 5, VF 6, and VF 7, followed by electric two-wheelers and MPVs from 2026, while creating 5,000–15,000 direct jobs and thousands more indirectly, positioning Subang, West Java, as a new engine of EV-driven socio-economic growth.
