Vinfast to train future workforce at community college in Sanford

Gov. Roy Cooper, VinFast U.S. Manufacturing CEO Van Anh Nguyen, state leaders and local leaders met Wednesday at Central Carolina Community College to provide an update on the Vietnamese-based automaker's progress in North Carolina.
Posted 4/19/2023, 11:50:02 PM Updated 4/20/2023, 12:58:08 PM

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>> VINFAST IS TEAMING-UP WAS

CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY

COLLEGE TO TRAIN ITS WORKFORCE

AT A NEW CAMPUS IN SANFORD.

IT'S ABOUT 15 MINUTES DOWN THE

ROAD FROM THE FUTURE FACTORY

SITE IN CHATHAM COUNTY. THE

VIETNAMESE AUTOMAKER WILL

OCCUPY PART OF THIS 72 MILLION

DOLLAR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

TRAINING FACILITY THESE ARE

RENDERINGS OF WHAT THIS WILL

ULTIMATELY LOOK LIKE. WRAL'S

NOT TELL HOME IS LIVE IN

SANFORD AFTER TALKING WITH

VINFAST NORTH CAROLINA BASED

CEO MASK.

>> YEAH. BUT SHE TELLS ME THEY

WANT TO START TRAINING WORKERS

INSIDE THIS BUILDING HERE A

YEAR BEFORE PRODUCTION STARTS

IN CHATHAM COUNTY. NOW THIS

USED TO BE RALEIGH AUTO PARTS

FACTORY HERE. IT'S GOING TO

BECOME A TRAINING FACILITY THAT

WE KNOWN AS THE MORE

MANUFACTURING AND BIOTECH

SOLUTION CENTER. GOVERNOR ROY

COOPER JOINED VINFAST

MANUFACTURING CEO OF AN ONGOING

AND COLLEGE LEADERS HERE TO

TOUR THIS CENTER. THE COLLEGE

STILL NEEDS ABOUT 50 MILLION

DOLLARS TO RENOVATE. THE SPACE

IS HOPING STATE LAWMAKERS WILL

FUND THE PROJECT TO SPEED UP

THE OPENING OF THE TRAINING

CENTER HERE. INVEST PLANS TO

HIRE MORE THAN 7,000 PEOPLE FOR

ITS FACTORY IN CHATHAM COUNTY.

IT WILL BE FULLY AUTOMATED

AUTOMATED LIKE THE COMPANY'S

FIRST FACTORY IN VIETNAM.

WRAL TRAVELED THERE IN JULY

TO SHOW YOU HOW THESE ELECTRIC

VEHICLES ARE BUILT.

>> YOU KNOW, HAVING A WELL

TRAINED WORKFORCE IS VERY

IMPORTANT. SO PEOPLE NEED TO BE

TRAINED ON NOT ONLY THE STEALS

OF THE JOB. HE'S ALSO THE

INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS DEALS.

I WANT TO SELL IT WAS A LOT

I GIVE IT IS HAPPENING WITH GAS

TO COME IN AND TRAINING TIED

>> VINFAST FACTORY IN CHATHAM

COUNTY WILL HAVE A CAPACITY TO

BUILD 150,000 ELECTRIC VEHICLES

A YEAR STARTING WITH 2 SUV

MODELS. GOVERNOR COOPER

ACTUALLY GOT TO TAKE A SPIN IN

ONE OF THOSE. THESE ARE THE

VERY FIRST VINFAST VEHICLES TO

BE ON THE ROAD HERE IN NORTH

CAROLINA. WINDS AS VINFAST IS

COME COMMITTED TO STARTING ITS

PRODUCTION IN 2025. FROM THAT

FACTORY UP AT THE MEGA ON

SHORE. THAT IS A DELAY. THE

ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO START

PUMPING OUT VEHICLES. THESE

ELECTRIC SUVS THERE IN JULY

OF NEXT YEAR, 2024.

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