From a bullet-tested armored car to open-top parade EVs, Vietnam’s homegrown automaker VinFast displayed striking range at its National Day celebrations, signaling the country’s ambitions to join the ranks of top global automakers.
At the newly launched Vietnam Exposition Center in Hanoi, the steel-clad Lac Hong 900 LX armored car sits on display, its surface marked by bullet impacts. It is a silent testament to the trials it endured before making its public debut at the “80 Years of Independence – Freedom – Happiness” exhibition. This exhibition commemorates Vietnam’s August Revolution of 1945, which ended colonial rule, and the founding of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1946. The event put the spotlight on VinFast’s ambitions in a very public way.
