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☆ Kevin Spacey Responds to Claims of Sexual Assault by 9 New Victims
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewKevin Spacey has addressed new allegations of sexual assault brought to light in a documentary set to air in the UK. In a 98-minute interview with British journalist Dan Wootton, posted to X on Friday, Spacey commented on the claims made in the documentary. For others, including claims by actors Ruari Cannon and Danny De Lillo, who have waived their anonymity to give interviews about their experiences with Spacey to publications this weekend, Spacey denied any wrongdoing. A representative for Spacey did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular working hours. AdvertisementThe following year, a London court found Spacey not guilty on nine charges, including sexual assault, which were alleged to have been committed between 2001 and 2013 against four men.

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☆ Scotland’s new hate crime law was meant to protect against prejudice. It ended up sowing further division
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Amy Cassidy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Scotland’s Hate Crime and Public Order Act came into force last week, a contentious law that expands existing legislation to include transgender identity as a protected characteristic from hate crimes. In the first week of the law’s enactment, a feminist group, “Let Women Speak,” organized a rally against the legislation in Scotland’s capital on Saturday. Another major concern for those who oppose the Hate Crime Act is the supposed lack of clarity on what type of behavior could constitute an offense under the new law. But 25-year-old Scottish trans student Lucy (who asked not to be identified by her real name due to concerns about continued online abuse), said the new law does not reassure her. Scotland’s proposed reforms would have allowed transgender people to self-identify, without the need for a medical diagnosis or certificate.

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☆ Where Old Vegas is still alive today
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Matt Villano | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

MuseumsMuseums are obvious celebrations of the past, and in Las Vegas, these two museums have direct links to the Vegas of old. At the Neon Museum, Old Vegas is showcased in the form of neon signs. Other attractionsSeveral other sights and destinations around Las Vegas keep the city’s past alive in this modern age. At one point every casino in Las Vegas had a machine like this one; today this is the only coin-operated iteration left. Finally, the most recognizable throwback to Old Vegas might be the neon “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip near Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.

Persons: upstage Travis, Taylor, Usher, Jackie Gaughan, Kenny Epstein, Epstein, Gaughan, “, ”, you’ve, Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, La Concha, Caesar, Chris Welsch, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Sinatra, Hugo’s, El Cortez, Barbara Streisand’s, Bauer, Griffin, Vegas Vickie, Vickie, Derek Stevens, Vic, Betty Willis, YESCO Organizations: CNN, Sin, Bellagio, Vegas, Eiffel, El, Fremont Street, National Register of Historic Places, Casino, Hotel, Museums, Mob Museum, National Museum of, US Post Office, Commerce, Neon Museum, Las, Virgin Hotels, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Italian American, Four Queens Casino, Las Vegas, Sigma Derby, Fremont Locations: Sin City, Las Vegas, Paris, Vegas, Hotel Nevada, Fremont Street, America, Old Vegas, Sahara, Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Las, Fremont, Mandalay

☆ Australian authorities urge hundreds to flee uncontained bushfire
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A bushfire in Australia's Victoria state raged out of control on Saturday, with authorities issuing a fresh evacuation alert at the highest danger rating for hundreds of residents in the state's west. The Australian Broadcasting Corp reported on Saturday that three homes and several outbuildings had been destroyed this week in Victoria's bushfire emergency. Around 1,000 firefighters supported by more than 50 aircraft have battled the fires since they started. Australia is currently in the grips of an El Nino weather pattern, which is typically associated with extreme phenomena such as wildfires, cyclones and droughts. The last two bushfire seasons in Australia have been subdued compared with the 2019-2020 "Black Summer" when bushfires destroyed an area the size of Turkey and killed 33 people and 3 billion animals.

Persons: Vic Organizations: Australian Broadcasting Corp Locations: Australia's Victoria, Ballarat, Melbourne, Amphitheatre, Australia, El Nino, Turkey

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A conservative group has told a Georgia judge that it doesn't have evidence to support its claims of illegal ballot stuffing during the the 2020 general election and a runoff two months later. In their written response, attorneys for True the Vote said the group had no names or other documentary evidence to share. The election board subpoenaed True the Vote to provide evidence that would assist it in investigating the group's ballot trafficking allegations. She and another member of the group were briefly jailed in 2022 for contempt for not complying with a court order to provide information in a defamation lawsuit. In addition to names, the judge ordered True the Vote to provide copies of any confidentiality agreements it had with sources.

Persons: Brad Raffensperger, “, Mike Hassinger, ”, Dinesh D’Souza, John Doe, David Oles, Michael Wynne, Catherine Engelbrecht, didn't, Vic Reynolds, “ TTV Organizations: Atlanta ”, Court, The Atlanta, Associated Press, Georgia Bureau Locations: SAVANNAH, Ga, Georgia, Texas, Fulton, Atlanta, China

The state Supreme Court's brief order Tuesday shutting down the suit said legislators have fulfilled promises of annual increases in aid to the state's 286 local school districts as outlined in a 2019 law. But closing the case gives the Legislature more leeway on school funding issues in the short term. Educators who feel legislators aren't providing enough money or distributing it fairly enough were able to take their complaints directly to the state Supreme Court while the case was open. Four school districts sued the state in 2010, and the Supreme Court issued seven rulings from 2010 to 2019. The first six told lawmakers that they needed to increase spending or distribute the money more fairly or both.

Persons: backtracked, Vic Miller, Eric Rosen, ” Leah Fliter, Laura Kelly, Kelly, “, Dan Hawkins, Sen, Molly Baumgardner, Kris Kobach, Kobach, ” Kobach, Alan Rupe, ” Organizations: Republican, GOP, Republicans, Kansas House, Kansas Association of School, Democratic Gov, Wichita Republican Locations: TOPEKA, Kan, Kansas, —, Wichita, Kansas City

LONDON (AP) — Actor Ian Lavender, who played a hapless Home Guard soldier in the classic British sitcom “Dad’s Army,” has died, his agent said Monday. Agent Hilary Gagan said Lavender had been ill for some time and died with his wife and sons at his side. Lavender was the last surviving main cast member of “Dad’s Army,” about a ragtag volunteer unit assembled to defend their seaside English town from potential Nazi invasion during World War II. Originally broadcast between 1968 and 1977, it attracted as many as 18 million viewers an episode -- a third of the British population -- and remains perennially popular in reruns. Lavender played Private Frank Pike, the youngest member of the unit and frequent butt of the epithet “stupid boy!” from commanding officer Captain Mainwaring.

Persons: Ian Lavender, “, ”, Hilary Gagan, Lavender, Frank Pike, Captain Mainwaring, Mainwaring thunders, Pike ”, Army ”, he’d, Pike, Britain’s, Mainwaring, ” Lavender, Michelle Hardy Organizations: Home Guard, Army, Bristol Old Vic, “, EastEnders, “ Dad’s Army

☆ US DFC considers $500 mln loan to Vietnamese EV maker VinFast
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A Vinfast electric vehicle store is shown at one of the company's retail locations in San Diego, California, U.S.,October 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsHANOI, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has signed a letter of interest with electric vehicles maker VinFast to consider the Vietnamese company's application for a $500 million loan for expansion, VinFast said on Monday. The loan, which will be used to support VinFast's establishment of lithium-ion battery manufacturing facilities in Vietnam, is subject to a comprehensive review and approval process by DFC, the carmaker said in a statement. DFC said on X, formerly Twitter, that it had signed the letter of interest to support VinFast's lithium-ion battery facilities in Vietnam, but did not provide details. The project will be the first in a series of initiatives actively discussed by the two parties, VinFast said.

Persons: Mike Blake, VinFast, Phuong Nguyen, Kanupriya Kapoor Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, United States International Development Finance Corporation, Vietnam's, Nasdaq, Thomson Locations: San Diego , California, U.S, Rights HANOI, Vietnam, California, Southeast Asia

REUTERS/David Swanson/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 24 (Reuters) - Canceled offshore wind projects, imperiled solar factories, fading demand for electric vehicles. A year after passage of the largest climate change legislation in U.S. history, meant to touch off a boom in American clean energy development, economic realities are fraying President Joe Biden’s agenda. Clean energy experts interviewed by Reuters say the mounting setbacks will make the United States' ambitious targets to decarbonize by mid-century even harder to reach. Solar energy facilities account for two thirds of those delays due in part to U.S. import restrictions. "These are the normal ups and downs of clean energy development and deployment," Reicher said.

Persons: David Swanson, Joe Biden’s, Biden, John Hensley, Wood Mackenzie, “, Ali Zaidi, Prakash Sharma, that's, Vic Abate, it's, Robert Walther, Walther, Dan Reicher, Reicher, Nichola Groom, Richard Valdmanis, Alistair Bell Organizations: REUTERS, Soaring, Ford, Reuters, American Clean Power Association, United Nations, White, Dominion Energy Inc, TEN, GE, Biden, Treasury Department, Trump, Stanford University, Thomson Locations: Palm Springs , California, U.S, Washington, Nations, Egypt, Dubai, United States, Paris, Virginia, Gulf of Mexico

☆ Mike McDaniel, mastermind behind the NFL’s most exciting offense, started out as a Broncos intern
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —Back in September, the Miami Dolphins put up a historic scoreline. “The Dolphins offense has underperformed and been in the shadow of the clubs’ defense for decades,” Joe Schad, a Dolphins journalist for the Palm Beach Post, told CNN Sport. “They’re feared for the first time since legendary quarterback Dan Marino was under center.”The Mike McDaniel effectOften decked out in aviator sunglasses and white sneakers, Coach McDaniel is part-quote machine, part-football geek, part-stand-up comedian and part-offensive guru. McVay became the youngest NFL head coach when he was hired by the Los Angeles Rams at the age of 30 in 2017. Tua Tagovailoa, the NFL's only left-handed starting quarterback, spearheads the Dolphins offense.

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Wallace hit the ball so purely down the stretch that his final six birdie putts covered a total of 15 feet, 8 inches (nearly 5 meters). Just tried my hardest to get myself back into the tournament," said Wallace, who started the day seven shots behind. Even so, the Norwegian star was in position to capture the season-ending titles on the PGA Tour and the European tour. The European tour record is nine consecutive birdies by James Nitties of Australia in the 2019 Vic Open, and 12 birdies for a round by Raphaël Jacquelin in the 2013 Turkish Open. He had a chance at only the second 59 in European tour history.

Persons: — Matt Wallace, England, ” Wallace, Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland, Nicolai Hojgaard couldn't, Wallace, “ I'm, I’ve, Hovland, “ It's, ”, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, ” Hovland, James Nitties of, Raphaël Jacquelin, Bernd Wiesberger, “, ” Hojgaard, Dane, Rasmus Hojgaard, Rasmus, ___ Organizations: United Arab Emirates, Golf Estates, Fleetwood, PGA Tour, PGA Locations: DUBAI, United Arab, Norwegian, James Nitties of Australia, Malaysia

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Matt Wallace made nine consecutive birdies Saturday, all of them on the back nine for a 12-under 60 in the DP World Tour Championship. Wallace had a chance at the only the second 59 in European tour history. The nine consecutive birdies equal the European tour's best by James Nitties of Australia in the 2019 Vic Open. Wallace also matched the European best — but not an official record — with 12 birdies in one round. The rest of the way, two birdies were from 6 feet and the rest were from 3 feet or closer.

Persons: — Matt Wallace, Wallace, James Nitties of, Bernd Wiesberger, Raphaël Jacquelin, ” Wallace, ___ Organizations: United Arab Emirates, Golf Estates Locations: DUBAI, United Arab, James Nitties of Australia, Malaysia

REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSHANGHAI/PARIS, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The world's biggest luxury brands seeking growth in their second-largest market China are all courting the likes of wealthy entrepreneur Diana Wang. "Luxury brands offer you this event experience, this personal experience and it makes you feel privileged," Wang told Reuters. This week, Burberry (BRBY.L) also flagged low double-digit growth due to a slowdown in luxury spending globally, and in China. FEEDING THE LUXURY HABITEven as they narrow their focus, luxury brands remain optimistic about the potential in China, which is forecast to account for almost 40% of global luxury sales by 2030, according to consultants Bain. Luxury consultant Mario Ortelli said several luxury firms are hedging their bets on China by also expanding their global footprint.

Persons: Thomas Peter, Diana Wang, Wang, Tiffany, Chopard, Jacques Roizen, Cartier, Richemont, It's, Jean, Marc Duplaix, Versace, Donatella Versace, Gucci, Chanel, Dior, Cyrille Vigneron, LVMH, Louis Vuitton, Bain, Eric du Halgouet, Birkin, Mario Ortelli, Ortelli, it's, Mimosa Spencer, Casey Hall, Miral Organizations: Tiffany, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Burberry, HSBC, Digital Luxury, Chanel, Shanghai, Capri Holdings, Tapestry, Bund, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, PARIS, Shanghai, Cartier, Shenzhen, South Korea, Japan, Thailand

There's music to enjoy too, with Hannah Waddingham leading an Apple TV+ special and the annual Tabernacle Choir concert airing on PBS. Here's where — and when, in Eastern Standard Time — to watch this year's holiday TV bonanza. Hatcher offers a second holiday movie helping this season with a rekindling romance rom-com. The quintet portray former soap opera co-stars who come together for a live holiday special and play matchmakers with their producer and director. HOLIDAY TUNES“Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham taps into her musical theater background by hosting her own Christmas special for Apple TV+ called “ Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas."

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☆ 'London feels relatively safer': UK's iconic West End acts as a testing ground for Broadway investment
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Julianna Tatelbaum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

watch nowLONDON — With big productions always needing big money, one theater expert explains how investment in the sector works and how London's West End is used as a testing ground for its New York counterpart. Not-for-profit vs. commercialIn London, there are two main theater models: Not-for-profit venues like the National Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, and The Old Vic, and commercial theater like in the famous West End. Stakes higher in New YorkThe bar for financial success is much lower in London than on Broadway in New York. Budgets for shows in the West End can reach millions while on Broadway in New York, the stakes are even higher. Often producers will run productions in London first and if they are received well, transfer them to New York.

Persons: Eleanor Lloyd, Lloyd, it's Organizations: New, Society of London Theatre, National Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, Broadway, Big Apple Locations: London, New York

☆ Vietnam's real estate woes: how much worse can they get?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

HANOI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - A rough year for Vietnam's real estate sector has seen developers miss interest payments on debt, amid a credit crunch spurred by ill-timed government measures, although spillover risk has been limited. Shares of the largest listed developer, Vinhomes (VHM.HM), part of the country's biggest conglomerate, Vingroup (VIC.HM), have fallen 13% this year. In September, the Asian Development Bank warned of potential spillover into banking from irregularities in corporate bonds and real estate markets, although troubled bonds made up just a small portion of total bank credit. While ill-timed government measures, companies' high debt and oversupply are responsible for the sectors' woes in both countries, conditions are different in Vietnam. Vietnam has a less acute situation of oversupply and speculation than China, he added, while real estate's contribution to its economy is also smaller.

Persons: Ho, Van Thinh Phat, Jean Xavier of S, Truong, Truong My Lan, Van Thinh, P's Xavier Jean, Francesco Guarascio @fraguarascio, Phuong Nguyen, Anne Marie Roantree, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Dragon, Hung Thinh Corp, Moody's, Asian Development Bank, P Global, P, Southeast Asia Bank, Maritime Bank, Asia Commercial Bank, Vietnam Prosperity Bank, VP Bank, Bank, Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, Thomson Locations: HANOI, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Phu, Hanoi, Southeast, Asia, Truong My, VIETNAM, CHINA, China

☆ EV maker VinFast to acquire its battery maker sibling
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The logo of Vinfast is pictured at the 2022 Paris Auto Show in Paris, France October 18, 2022. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe Acquire Licensing RightsOct 11 (Reuters) - Electric-vehicle maker VinFast Auto said on Wednesday it would acquire a 99.8% stake in battery maker VinES from its founder Pham Nhat Vuong as it seeks to ramp up its integration in the production value chain and competitive advantage. Founded in 2017 and starting to make EVs from 2021, VinFast has continuously received financial support from its founder, also Vietnam's richest man. In the short term, however, VinFast's costs are expected to increase for battery R&D and factory operations, the automaker said. After the acquisition, VinFast will acquire all rights and obligations over VinES' assets.

Persons: Stephane Mahe, VinFast Auto, Pham Nhat Vuong, VinFast, Vuong, Thuy, Thuy Le, Akash Sriram, Sriraj Kalluvila, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, VinFast, Vietnam's, Nasdaq, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Indonesia, VinFast, Bengaluru, Phuong Nguyen, Hanoi

☆ Vietnam’s Tesla justifies stock price reversal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A VinFast VF 8 model is seen during a car delivery ceremony at the VinFast car factory in Haiphong province, Vietnam, September 10, 2022. REUTERS/Thinh Nguyen Acquire Licensing RightsSINGAPORE, Oct 6 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Vietnam’s richest man may have to get used to spending some time in the slow lane. In August, Pham Nhat Vuong closed an unconvincing merger with a blank-cheque company that bestowed a $23 billion market value on his Tesla (TSLA.O) wannabe VinFast . There are no details of sales in the United States, a key target market where it has been burdened by poor reviews. Without some impressive progress outside of Vietnam, though, the EV company’s stock is going nowhere fast.

Persons: Thinh Nguyen, Pham Nhat Vuong, Sandoz, Antony Currie, Thomas Shum Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, EV, X, Alstom, Brookfield, Temasek, Thomson Locations: Haiphong province, Vietnam, Rights SINGAPORE, United States

☆ Vietnamese EV maker VinFast's third-quarter revenue more than doubles
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

VinFast electric vehicles are parked before delivery to their first customers at a store in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Lisa Baertlein/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 5 (Reuters) - Vietnamese electric-vehicle (EV) maker VinFast on Thursday reported a 159% rise in third-quarter revenue as it ramped up car deliveries and sought to boost sales by partnering with dealers in the United States. VinFast, which is backed by Vietnam's largest conglomerate Vingroup (VIC.HM), is gearing up to strengthen its foothold overseas. However, the EV maker has struggled after it earlier this year voluntarily recalled the first batch of 999 cars delivered to the United States. Revenue was 8.25 trillion Vietnamese dong ($338 million), while net loss widened to 15 trillion Vietnamese dong.

Persons: Lisa Baertlein, VinFast, Phuong Nguyen, Chavi Mehta, Sriraj Organizations: REUTERS, Vietnam's, Revenue, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, United States, India, Hanoi, Bengaluru

☆ Live Aid the musical coming to London decades after fundraising extravaganza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Musician Bob Geldof attends the world premiere of 'The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years' in London, Britain September 15, 2016. Organised by rockers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure almost 40 years ago, Live Aid was watched by an estimated 1.5 billion people. "Just For One Day" written by author John O’Farrell and directed by Luke Sheppard, will run at The Old Vic from January 26 to March 30, 2024. The theatre said the production had the permission from the Band Aid Charitable Trust, which will get 10% from the sale of each ticket. "We all remember where we watched Live Aid, who we watched it with, and the pure amazement at the feat that was unfolding before our eyes."

Persons: Bob Geldof, Neil Hall, London's Old Vic, Midge Ure, Geldof, John O’Farrell, Luke Sheppard, Matthew Warchus, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Queen, Paul McCartney, Elton John, John F, Ure, Marie, Louise Gumuchian Organizations: REUTERS, London's Old, Aid Charitable Trust, London's Wembley, Kennedy, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Ethiopia, Philadelphia

☆ Michael Gambon, actor who played Dumbledore in 'Harry Potter' films, dies at 82
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Michael Gambon Arriving At The World Premiere Of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2, In Trafalgar Square In Central London. Actor Michael Gambon, known for playing Professor Albus Dumbledore in multiple "Harry Potter" movies has died, his family said in a statement Thursday. "We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon," said the statement issued on behalf of his wife, Anne, and son Fergus by publicist Clair Dobbs. He also won three Olivier Awards and two ensemble cast Screen Actors Guild Awards — for 2001's "Gosford Park" and "The King's Speech." But he was perhaps best known for his role as Dumbledore in the "Harry Potter" franchise, taking over the role from the late Richard Harris from the third installment in the eight-movie series.

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☆ Michael Gambon, British actor who played Dumbledore, dies aged 82
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Gambon began his acting on the stage in the early 1960s and later moved into TV and film. Gambon played down the praise for his performance and said he simply played himself "with a stuck-on beard and a long robe". Michael John Gambon was born on Oct. 19, 1940, in Dublin to a seamstress mother and an engineer father. Gambon left school aged 15 to begin an engineering apprenticeship and by 21 he was fully qualified. He revealed in an episode of "The Late Late Show" in Ireland that he convinced his mother he was friends with the pope.

Persons: Michael Gambon, Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter, Laurence Olivier, Gambon, Peter Greenaway's, Cook, King George V, Tom Hooper's, Dumbledore, Richard Harris, Michael John Gambon, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Olivier, Derek Jacobi, Maggie Smith, Galileo, John Dexter's, Robert De Niro, Anne Miller, Philippa Hart, Sarah Young, William Schomberg, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: PA Media, Camden Town, Herald, National Theatre, Thomson Locations: Irish, Dublin, London, American, British, Ireland

A VinFast VF8 electric SUV is displayed during CES 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 5, 2022. If fulfilled, Europe would become VinFast's biggest overseas market this year. The company had shipped about 2,100 EVs earlier this year to the United States. Should the EU probe conclude that punitive duties on China-made EVs are warranted, VinFast could find its cars are more competitively priced. VinFast, which is part of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup (VIC.HM), was formed in 2017 and began making EVs in 2021 after dropping its manufacturing of cars with internal combustion engines.

Persons: Steve Marcus, Thuy, Inovev, VinFast, Phuong Nguyen, Francesco Guarascio, Miral Organizations: Las Vegas Convention, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, European Union, Nasdaq, EU, Thomson Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, U.S, Rights HANOI, Europe, France, Germany, Netherlands, VinFast's, Vietnam, United States, Israel, China, Indonesia, India, East, Africa, Latin America

☆ EV maker VinFast plans Asia expansion, to launch Indonesia plant in 2026
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Phuong Nguyen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Of that, up to $200 million would be for its Indonesian plant, targeting production in 2026 with an output of 30,000 to 50,000 units each year. Since its establishment in 2017, VinFast has announced numerous ambitious EV growth plans overseas. VinFast aims to establish its own distributors and may open show rooms in those locations, it said. VinFast is entering the American market at a time when EV pricing is under pressure, led by market leader Tesla and a range of Chinese companies. Shares of Vietnam's largest conglomerate and VinFast parent Vingroup (VIC.HM) were down 0.33% as of 0635 GMT.

Persons: Mike Blake, Pham Nhat Vuong, EVs, VinFast, Tesla, Phuong Nguyen, Christina Fincher Organizations: Los Angeles Auto, REUTERS, Nasdaq, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, EV, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, HANOI, Asia, VinFast, Indonesian, Southeast, Vietnamese, Haiphong, North Carolina, East, Africa, America, Europe

U.S. President Joe Biden attends a meeting with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, at the Communist Party of Vietnam Headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 10, 2023. Deals unveiled by the White House during the trip include Vietnam Airlines' purchase of 50 Boeing 737 Max jets, in an agreement that it said was worth $7.8 billion, in line with an earlier Reuters report. The White House also announced plans by Microsoft (MSFT.O) to make a "generative AI-based solution tailored for Vietnam and emerging markets." The White House also highlighted the number of chip-related investments by U.S. firms in Vietnam, including plans by Marvell and Synopsys (SNPS.O) to build chip design centres in the country. U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken and Vietnam's investment minister Nguyen Chi Dung chaired the meeting, which was followed by discussions with Biden and Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Persons: Joe Biden, Nguyen Phu Trong, Evelyn Hockstein, Joe Biden's, MoMo, Biden, Vietnam's FPT, Antony Blinken, Nguyen Chi Dung, Pham Minh Chinh, Dung, Phuong Nyugen, Nandita Bose, Francesco Guarascio @fraguarascio, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Vietnam's Communist Party General, Communist Party of, REUTERS, Rights, Google, Intel, Marvell, Boeing, Innovation, Investment, Nasdaq, Vietnam Airlines, White, Max, Microsoft, Nvidia, Intel's, Honeywell, State, Vietnam's, Thomson Locations: Communist Party of Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam, Rights HANOI, chipmaking, Washington, China, Taiwan, U.S, United States

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