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Episode: Vietnam car maker begins build for North Carolina electric vehicle plant that will employ thousands
Description: A Vietnamese company planning an electric vehicle plant in central North Carolina that would employ 7,500 workers met a milestone as its top executive joined Gov. Roy Cooper and others for a ground-breaking ceremony.
VinFast announced last year that it would build its first manufacturing facility outside Vietnam in Chatham County, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southwest of Raleigh. The planned $4 billion investment also would create North Carolina’s first car manufacturing plant and North Carolina's largest-ever, state-backed economic development project as far as job creation, according to news outlets. North Carolina had missed out on car plants over the years to other So...