Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday (August 4, 2025) inaugurated Vietnamese EV maker VinFast’s manufacturing plant in Thoothukudi.

Spread across 408 acres at the SIPCOT industrial complex in Sillanatham, the plant – VinFast’s first in the country – is expected to generate over 3,500 jobs in the next five years. It is part of a ₹16,000-crore investment pact inked between VinFast and the Tamil Nadu government during the Global Investors Meet last year.