Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the VinFest Q4 2025 financial results and Q&A webcast. At this time all participants are in a listen only mode. After the speaker's presentation there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session you will need to press star 1 1 on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising in your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star one, one again. If you wish to ask a question via the webcast, please use the Q&A box available on the webcast link anytime during the conference. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Amanda Bay, Head of Investor relations. Please go ahead.

Thank you, Operator, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to VinFast Quarterly Earnings Call. Joining me today are Chairwoman of the Board, Madam Tuile, Deputy CEO of Investments, Ms. Anne Pham, and our CFO, Ms. Lana Nguyen. Before we begin this call, please note today's call will include forward-looking statements under U.S. Federal securities law. These statements reflect our current views on future events, financial operational performance, and other matters that involve risk and uncertainties. These may cause actual results to differ materially. Please refer to our most recent filings with the SEC for a discussion of these risk factors. We will also reference certain non-gap financial measures and a reconciliation of these measures to gap figures along with an explanation are included in our presentation issued earlier today. With that, I would like to invite Madam Thuy to begin the management remarks.

Hello everyone, it's great to be with you again. 2025 was another landmark year for VinFast, but more importantly it was a year of disciplined investment behind our core mission, making electric mobility accessible to everyone. Fourth quarter of 2025 was our strongest quarter to date across several key financial metrics. Every strategic decision we make, including investing in technology, industrial capabilities, and global expansion is anchored to that objective. Let me briefly reflect on our evolution. From 2017 to 2023, we established our brand and industrial foundation with the firm belief that electrification is the future of mobility. In 2024, we earned the trust of customers in our home market, Vietnam, and became the number one mobility brand in the country by vehicle sales, a position that we continue to maintain to date. So during 2025, we've rolled out a comprehensive product portfolio to serve diverse mobility use cases, lit the foundation for a green mobility ecosystem in international markets, and shared plans about our next generation of vehicles that are built on a new platform and new EE architecture. Across the industry, there is a clear shift as electric mobility companies move toward AI-driven, software-defined vehicles. VinFast has been working on this since day one, with our IND philosophy centered around a vertically integrated software-defined EV platform. With over 400,000 cumulative cars delivered and more than four years of real-world driving data accumulated, our engineers are able to design ADAS and software roadmaps with the customers in mind. For 2026, our strategic investment focused on scale and unit cost optimization, which are the primary levels in our path to profitability. This will be supported by overseas capacity expansion, the commercialization of the next-gen vehicles, and the integration of more AI across our vehicles and factories to deliver smart cars and more efficient production. With that, I would like to frame the three key points that you should take away from this call. First, VinFast is more than just an EV manufacturer. We are a vertically integrated, software-defined EV platform with smart manufacturing to deliver scalable electric mobility solutions. Second, we are expanding our capacity to enter international markets in the coming years. We are deliberate in making this investment now as it provides us with flexibility to enter new markets quickly and finally scale matters at binfast with scale comes further operational efficiencies we deliver 196 919 evs for the full year this exceeded our guidance to at least doubling the numbers of evs delivered in 2024. in q4 alone we delivered 86,557 EVs. That was a new quarterly record for the company. Our two-wheeler segment also reached a new high. Full-year deliveries grew 5.7 times to 406,496 units. Looking ahead, our 2026 guidance is targeting at least 300,000 EV deliveries This is supported by introducing new models in our international markets, the built-out of our dealer network across Asia, Europe and North America, and lastly, the continued expansion in international markets. Following the strong momentum of VinFast eScooter segment achieved in 2025, we expect two-wheeler deliveries to be at least 2.5 times last year volume for 2026. This growth will be driven by VinFast e-scooter expansion into Asian markets, the rollout of V-Green battery-swapping network for e-scooters, and our focused positioning in the largest product segment, turning to our new market and manufacturing operations. Starting with Vietnam, while VinFast has maintained the number one OEM position and taken market share from other OEMs, we ended 2025 with an estimated 36% market share compared to 22% in 2024. VF3 and VF5 accounted for 51% of domestic volume. We are also pleased to see the increased contribution from vf6 and limo green on the two wheeler segment we ended the year as number one electric scooter player in vietnam for the first time since we started selling internationally overseas market accounted for 18 of our fourth quarter delivery for the full year 2025 international market contributed 11 of our deliveries our discipline approach to overseas expansion is also reflected in our ranking. In particular, in India, we made steady progress in Vahan registration amongst BEV brands, ranking number 8 in October, number 7 in November and number 4 in December. We have maintained our position since then to date. In Indonesia, we ended 2025 as number three BEV brand according to Guy Kindle and as the number two BEV brand in the Philippines according to Campy. Product expansion has further broadened VinFast market rich. We introduced Green, our commercial focused product line, and Lak Hong, our ultra luxury brand. VinFast now has three distinct brands catering to different customer segments in the fourth quarter our commercial line green saw strong traction from fleet and b2b customers and accounted for nearly half of total deliveries in 2025 approximately 27 of our deliveries were to related parties Primarily, the EV ride-hailing platform are broadly stable year-over-year, with a higher share of approximately 33% in the fourth quarter, as GSN rapidly scaled its fleet network in Indonesia and the Philippines as part of its Southeast Asia expansion. Manufacturing utilization and operational efficiency continue to improve, with the high-form plant rolling out is a 200,000 vehicle of the year and producing nearly 26,000 EVs in December alone. Last year we inaugurated our manufacturing facility in Hatting, Vietnam. Our first overseas manufacturing facility was opened in Tamil Nadu, India in August and in December we opened our second factory overseas in subang indonesia now turning to our priorities for 2026 let's start with manufacturing in fact today operates four manufacturing facilities globally with combined annual capacity of 600 000 evs and 500 000 e-scooter looking ahead we will continue to strengthen this foundation by expanding production capacity for EVs and e-scooters in Vietnam while evaluating further development phases in India and Indonesia to position these facilities as future export hubs. We also expect to resume construction of our North Carolina factory in 2026 with a plan to SOP in 2028. We will provide further details in the coming months. It is important to note that VinFast has embedded smart manufacturing processes across all our facilities to enable scalable electric mobility solutions, and we'll provide further updates on this area shortly. On the product front, VinFast has completed the strategic launch of its EV portfolio under three distinct brands, each with a clear market focus and identity. The VinFast brand comprising VinFast core passenger EV lineup from VF3 to VF9. The green brand of commercial EVs for fleet use, including Limo, Heria, Nerio, and Minio Green. And lastly, the Unchart Luxury Lapong series. As part of this repositioning, we are introducing two 7-seater MPV models, the Limogreen and the VFMPV7 to address different customer segments with plans to launch both across key Asian markets. Additionally, the next generation of VF6 and VF7 is expected to SOP in the second half of 2026. These four models are designed to deliver a lower bomb cost by reducing complexity and number of components through our new platform and next-generation e-architecture. I'm also pleased to share that WinFast is developing several range extender EV models beginning with VF8 REEV. Introducing range extender vehicles allow us to address a broader segment of electrification market. We view rinse expander technology as a practical interim step in the transition from internal combustion engine to fully battery electric vehicles, particularly in market where charging infrastructure is still developing. We will provide additional updates on this program in the coming quarters. In our core Asian markets, we will continue expanding our dealer network to support long-term growth. We plan to double our dealer footprint in India and partner with large dealership groups in Indonesia and the Philippines. This expansion will move in parallel with GSM International Growth as we continue building out the broader green mobility ecosystem. At the same time, we are expanding our two-wheeler strategy across Asia We plan to introduce our e-scooter business in five markets, including Thailand, Malaysia, and the other three existing Asian markets. YGSM is also exploring opportunities to enter the U.S. and European markets. For Europe, we plan to introduce the next generation of VSUV, the VF6 model. For North America markets, we plan to bring the VF7, a C-segment electric SUV, and to also launch our e-bus business later this year. Now I will turn it over to Anne, who will take you through the latest on BINFAST technology platform.

Thank you, Madam Thuy. BINFAST is more than an EV manufacturer. Our mission is to make electric mobility accessible to everyone, which directly shapes how we allocate capital and make strategic investments. We are deliberately investing in owning more of our technology stack so that we can deliver more compelling features at a lower cost over time. At Mobility Day last November, we shared our autonomy roadmap for Level 2 Plus and Level 2 Plus Plus towards Level 4 with a demonstration of a self-driving robo-car in partnership with Autobrains Technologies at Vim Homes Ocean Park, a project in Vietnam. A leading AI mobility company based in Israel, Autobrains has been working with us for a number of years. VinFast have taken a capital-efficient approach with an in-house ADAS research institute while working with strategic technology partners for Level 4. We also plan to expand our trials of Robocar to larger cities and international markets. We are also pleased to share that we've entered into a collaboration with Tensa, a pioneering AI company developing personally owned Level 4 autonomous Robocar company based in California. Under this partnership, FinFast will serve as the manufacturing and industrialization partner for Tensor's Robocar program. Fully functional prototypes of the program have already been tested by Tensor across multiple regions and the program is currently in the pre-production phase and is being advanced towards commercialization. This collaboration is compelling for both a commercial and financial standpoint while reinforcing WinFast's strategic role in the next generation of mobility solutions. In parallel, we are also in active discussions with a number of technology and mobility companies exploring robo-taxi development. We look forward to sharing further updates as these discussions progress in the coming quarters. Internally, we continue to make steady progress in owning more of our core technology stats and expanding our in-house software capabilities. Earlier this year we introduced a suite of subscription packages in Vietnam that include proprietary remote control functions and smart features developed internally at VinFast and across the broader VinGroup ecosystem. At the same time we are advancing our transition to EE 2.0 as part of a structural cost initiative this year. This shift is expected to drive meaningful reductions in our bomb cost structure through ECU consolidation, simplified wiring harness design, and greater component commonality across models. Our new EE 2.0 demonstrates how our in-house software capabilities are doing more than enhancing the next generation of VinFast vehicles. We're beginning to see interest from external parties in this technology as a standalone solution which provides early validation of our R&D capabilities and could represent a potential new revenue stream over the longer term. In the near term, we plan to expand these subscription offerings to additional markets alongside the rollout of localized voice assistance strategies across key Asian markets. We look forward to sharing more details as these initiatives continue to develop. Finally, turning to manufacturing. As Madam Thuy shared earlier, Vinfast has embedded smart manufacturing processes across all of its facilities. This is a key pillar of our vertically integrated software-defined EV platform and central to our long-term profitability. Within the VIN Group ecosystem, VINFAST works very closely with a sister company called VIN Robotics to accelerate the development of advanced robotics and intelligent automation across its operations. VIN Robotics focuses on two core segments, industrial humanoid robots developed in-house and a scalable non-humanoid physical AI platform that combines robotics hardware with intelligent software. By integrating VIN Robotics proprietary mechanical systems, intelligent control, and AI-driven computer vision into VINFAST manufacturing operations, the partnership aims to enhance productivity, improve quality, and reduce operating costs, while advancing the broader goal of building the smart factory of the future. WinFast also expects to be the manufacturing partner to Win Robotics, along with two other robotics companies within the WinGroup ecosystem, namely WinMotion and WinDynamics. Now, taking a step back, I'd like to highlight the in-house R&D capabilities at WinFast and the broader Vingroup technology ecosystem that supports Vingroup's long-term innovation roadmap. At the core of these efforts are our in-house ADAS and battery research institutes, which are focused on developing next-generation technologies that will be integrated into future Vingroup's vehicles. Within the Vingroup ecosystem, a number of specialized technology companies are developing capabilities that can be leveraged across multiple businesses. What initially began with WinFast at the center of a green mobility ecosystem, spanning EVs, charging infrastructure through VGreen, and electric mobility services through GSM, is now evolving into a broader platform of advanced technologies. Across this ecosystem, teams are developing core capabilities ranging from software platforms and cyber security to robotics and automation. A notable example is our collaboration with VIN Robotics, which I have highlighted earlier. As VIN Group continues to incubate new technology platforms, VINFAST expects to deepen collaboration across the ecosystem and provide further updates on these initiatives in the coming quarters. Now, I'll hand it over to Lan Anh to discuss our financial results for the 4th quarter and full year of 2025. Lan Anh, please.

Thank you, Anne. Our 2025 results reflect a focus on accelerating revenue growth while improving operating efficiency over time. By exceeding our 2025 guidance and operating as roughly two tests of our flagship factory's capacity during December, we have demonstrated our ability to scale in a disciplined manner. At the same time, the sales policies and promotional initiatives introduced to shunton brand awareness in our key markets are starting to gain traction. Concurrently, our ongoing cost optimization programs are beginning to deliver tangible results and we are seeing early signs of operating leverage immersed in the business. Fourth quarter of 2025 reflected the strongest financial performance we have delivered to date with the several key metrics reaching new levels as we begin to see early benefits a scale as madame t and ann highlighted strengthening vinfast competitiveness requires deliberate strategic investments that are essential to improving efficiency enhancing cost control and positioning the company for the more sustainable margin profile over the long term now let me walk you through our result in more detail revenue for the fourth quarter of 2025 was US$1.6 billion, up by 118% quarter-over-quarter, and 139% year-over-year. Full-year revenue was US$3.6 billion, increased by 105% year-over-year. Grouch margin was negative 40% in Q4 2025, compared to negative 79% in Q4 2024. For the full year, gross margin improved to negative 43% compared to a negative 57% in 2024. With full year revenue increased by 105% and fourth quarter revenue of 139% year-over-year, higher production volumes allowed us to better absorb fixed manufacturing overhead and improve operating leverage. recall that in fiscal year 2024 revenue was impacted by a one-time adjustment related to our free charging program we applied the program retrospectively to all vehicles delivered through 31st of december 2024 which resulted in revenue reduction recorded in that quarter if we exclude the impact mostly due to the free charging program vehicles sold for which revenue has been deferred and NRV adjustment, we are seeing a clearer view of the underlying improvement in our operating performance. Excluding these items, gross margin for Q4 2025 would have been negative 28% compared to negative 26% in Q4 2024. On a full year basis, gross margin would have been negative 24% as compared to negative 32% in 2024. Moving to the operating expenses, R&D expenses were $114 million, increasing 7% quarter-over-quarter and 7% year-over-year. R&D spending in the quarter was primarily driven by continued investment in our next-generation vehicle platforms and core technology stack, particularly in ADAS L2 Plus development and our EE2.0 architecture as well as ongoing model refraction programs across vehicles. R&D as a percentage of revenue was 7%, the lowest in the past five quarters, reflecting the benefits of scale. As revenue growth outpaced R&D spend, fixed R&D investments were leveraged more efficiency across larger volumes, improving operating leverage while we continue to advance our core technology roadmap as gna expand were 391 million u.s dollar increasing 126 percent year quarter over quarter and 50 percent year over year the sequential increase was primarily driven by higher marketing expenses associated with the launch of new models across multiple markets. During the quarter, we also booked approximately $236 million in payment for our North Carolina factory. This impairment charge is one of expense and reflects management's decision to take a disciplined approach to accounting adjustment associated with changes in project timing and development assumptions. It does not represent then a change in our long-term strategic commitment to the U.S. market, and as Madam T. mentioned earlier, we expect to resume construction in the North Carolina factory this year. Excluding this one-off impairment chart, SG&A expenses as a percentage of revenue would have been 10%, compared to 24% in Q3 2025, and 40% in the fourth quarter of 2024. This improvement reflects the benefits of scale and the cost optimization achieved through our transition to a dollar model adjusted a bit during for the fourth quarter was negative 1 billion us dollar a 20 percent decline year over year adjusted a bta margin came in at negative 65 percent compared to negative 80% in Q3 2025, negative 129% in the prior year period. Adjusted EBITDA for fiscal year 2025 came in at negative 66% compared to negative 103% in fiscal year 2024, excluding the impact mostly due to delaying revenue recognition in payment charts relating to the U.S. factory and adjusting for ANRV. Adjusted ABDA margin would have been negative 37% in Q4 2025 compared to negative 36% in Q3 2025 and negative 52% in the same period last year. Net loss for the quarter was negative 1.4 billion us dollar net loss margin for the quarter improved to negative 89 percent compared to negative 186 percent a year ago an improvement of 96 percent year over year fiscal year 2025 net loss margin is negative 108 percent compared to negative 176 percent in fiscal year 2024, an improvement of 68% year-over-year, excluding the impact mostly due to delaying revenue recognition in payment charges, which mostly related to changes in project timing of U.S. factories and adjusting for NRV. Next lot margin would have been negative 62% in Q4 2025 compared to negative 84% in Q3 2025, and negative 94% in the same period last year. Finally, EPS for fourth quarter of 2025 was negative US$0.06, a decline of 15% year-over-year from fourth quarter of 2024. Full year 2025 EPS was negative US$1.65 compared to full year 2024 EPS of negative 1.32 USD. Excluding similar items, EPS for the fourth quarter of 2025 would have been 0.41 USD and a full year 2025, it would have been 1.25 USD, a decline of 15% year-over-year. CapEx for the quarter was US$304 million, an increase of 16% quarter-over-quarter and 25% year-over-year, driven by CapEx across our new overseas factories and expansion at our Vietnam facilities. Total CapEx for 2025 was US$922 million. Finally, an update on our liquidity and previously announced grant and borrowings commitment in late 2024. As of 31 December 2025, VinFast's outstanding borrowings from Vingroup under this commitment was $413 million. The company received a total $1.1 billion disbursement from our founder person to the grant agreement. our total liquidity as of 31st of december 2025 is a 3.1 billion u.s dollar which reflects cash funding commitment from vingroup and our founder and an e-lock flexibility turning to our 2026 outlook as madame t noted earlier scale will be the key driver of operational efficiency This will be supported by our priorities of expanding manufacturing capacity, strengthening product competitiveness, and accelerating international expansion. We expect revenue growth in 2026 to be driven by a combination of higher volumes, modest improvement of ASP, and product mix evolution across markets. Operator, let's open for Q&A.

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Your question comes from the line of Jesse Isabelson from BTIG. Please go ahead, your line is open. Jesse Isabelson, your line is open. Please ask your question. Jessie Sabelson, can you check you've not muted your line? We are unable to hear you.

Hey, Operator. While we get the live questions, let's move on to the WebEx questions. We've got a few of them.

Sure. Please go ahead.

The first question we have is from Jessie, actually. There have been rumors you would be interested in launching a hybrid vehicle. Can you confirm this is something you're interested in pursuing? and if so, how could it impact your future financial results? Anne, would you like to take this question? Thank you, Amanda. Certainly.

Well, VF8 REEV was planned for launch in Vietnam starting 2027 and with overseas rolled out expected over time. The development basically leverages our existing VEV platforms and incremental R&D requirements will be fairly manageable. We also expect limited impact on broader R&D priorities for the next couple of years as we have very well planned out our R&D roadmap, our ADAS, as well as our EE architecture. RE-EV for us is viewed as a practical interim solution to expand EV accessibility and address a broader market segment as opposed to material shift.

Thank you. Thank you, Ann. The next question is from Trengho of HSC. Congratulations on the quarter's results. Could you please elaborate on the drivers behind the narrowing of the gross profit loss and whether these improvements are sustainable in the coming quarters? Additionally, could you share the recent results or achievements in your key export markets and the company's plans for these markets going forward? Lanan, would you like to take this?

Okay. For the narrowing of the gross profit laws, the improvement is mainly driven by bomb optimization and production scale, supplier pricing, localization, and engineering optimization. and we believe these drivers are sustainable. The largest reduction in bomb cost of VF6 around 13% and VF7 around 23% in bomb cost reduction. In 2026, we expect further improvements across multiple models with around 20% up to I think maybe the 30% cost reduction supported by our transition to next generation vehicle platforms in the following years. So we also expect more, moderate around 5% annual bond optimization. So for the part of the international markets, we also saw a very strong ramp up in deliveries in Indonesia the Philippines and India in Q4 2025 with the international deliveries accounting for about 17% of total deliveries and for India we also India positioned as a strategic long-term growth market and before for the other market like Indonesia and and of the Philippines also that we leverage for the brand awareness with the with the cooperation with GSM for the brand awareness the boost for the consumer like a perspective so so we expect that so we can boost our overseas sales in 2026 also. Thank you.

Thank you, Lanan. The next question we have is a macro question, so I think Madam Phee would take this. With oil prices trending higher, do you expect that to influence EV adoption dynamics? And separately, could you comment on the current macro environment and how that could potentially affect the fast operating outlook?

Thank you, Amanda? Well, I think everywhere in Vietnam as well, immediately we saw the impact of higher oil prices, where people started switching to EVs, or even for the ride-hailing of taxi, we started seeing people choosing consciously our GSM platform, the normal taxi. Higher oil prices reinforce the long-term EV value position, as consumers focus more on total cost of ownership. Fuel prices may influence short-term sentiment, but structural EV adoption drivers remain affordability, product availability, and charging infrastructure, which are everything that we're working to work through. Our strategy focuses on improving cost competitiveness and expanding the product lineup to broaden EV accessibility. We monitor macro development closely, especially now, but no material impact on operating outlook at the stage right now. Our expansion focus on markets where EV adoption remains early with strong long-term growth potential. Priority remains scaling production, improving cost efficiency, and executing the product roadmap. The industry commentary suggests about $4 per gallon gasoline could accelerate mass EV adoption. So in some of the states in the U.S. right now, we're exceeding that level as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Thuy. The next question from the Webex is regarding our North Carolina factory. It's good to hear an update about the North Carolina factory. Could you elaborate on your decision to proceed with a U.S. manufacturing presence when EV demand is expected to be slower? And could you also share some more colors on the impairment charge that you took?

So like for the last years, we've been saying that we committed to the U.S. market and US is an important market to us and we still commit to that. US still remains an important strategic market for us and US manufacturing base provides flexibility as the market conditions and regulations involved. North Carolina factory construction expected to resume this year. We have been working in the background to work them and the SOP is targeted for 2028. For out of prudence, we recorded a 236 million impairment in Q4 2025. This was a one-off charge reflecting the revised project coming. However, we expect that we will reverse this impairment in the future as the factory construction will start again. Again, there's no change to long-term commitment to the U.S. market.

Thank you, Madam Tui. The next question is regarding our ADAS strategy. How much of the cost reduction will come from simplifying the hardware stack or tailoring features to different markets?

Anne, would you like to take that question? thanks amanda well i think uh first of all the next generation ada stack will launch uh with refreshes in the vf6 vf7 sop is started to be from the second half of 2026 onwards so it will be a combination of both uh simplifying the hardware stack as well as tailoring features to different markets that will really be the anchors of our strategy so uh the new architecture will be basically we use more integrated computing and simplified hardware stack and at the same time we're also increasing the component of in-house development in order to reduce reliance on third

parties and being able to tailor the features to different markets and both of these features as i've mentioned will help us lower the cost i hope that answers the question thank you ann the next question is regarding the company's capex plans what can you please share what the company's capex plans are for 2026 Lana would you like to take this yeah okay so in 2026 in in 2026 most of the our capex is still going into building out the core manufacturing footprint roughly $400 million US dollar for domestic and around $600 million US dollar for international factories. And then additional capex for machinery and equipment. So, in 2026, 2027, our CapEx needs a continuation of our intention to scale our manufacturing globally as we position the overseas factory as export hubs. We expect to incur CapEx for Phase 2 of Indonesia and India factories and CapEx for Phase 1 of US factories, as Madam Tui just mentioned. So, that kind of action to account for the future business plans to introduce e-scooter and e-buses also in those markets. Thank you.

Thank you, Lanan. The next question is regarding the VF7. Can you walk us through the VF7's current status for North America, specifically where it stands in the regulatory approval process, expected timeline for deliveries, and whether production will come out of the India or Vietnam facility, and separately any updates on dealership and service center expansion in the region?

Adam Tui, please. So we are preparing to bring the BF7 to the U.S. before the end of the year. I think we're pretty much done with all the regulatory approval process, homologations, and other approvals. I think the target is to start the production by the end of next month and with the plan to bring the BF7 soon after. So this is going to be, oh, this is a mid-size crossover SUV, so in that segment, and we focus on the customer experience, the feature, competitiveness, and ownership value rather than other features. So this is going to be a very good addition to the market and will help elevate the VF8 as we bring more VF8 to the market. Regarding the dealers, the dealership network and the service center, we are until, I mean, with all the uncertainties in the U.S. market, with the EVs in the U.S. and the automotive tariff, right? So until we have the factory open in 2028, we will take a very disciplined approach with expanding our dealership network. And I think this year we're looking to add more like two more dealers in California where EVs sell the most. and we maintain the existing dealership network. I think our focus is trying to make sure that the dealers will be profitable and retain the dealers that were willing to invest in the brand and continue to stay with us for the long run. In terms of repair the service shop, Our strategy is to expand also the third-party service network. Last year, I think in California alone, we added about 55 service shops. This year, we're adding a few more, but what is more important is to improve the quality of the service network. and gradually really improve and improve the quality of those service networks rather than focusing on the quantity. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Tui. Operator, can we check for live questions?

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Yes, thank you. You've talked about the gross margin improvements and the bond cost improvements that you're looking for this year. When do you think that you can achieve a positive gross margin? Is that something that could happen at the end of this year, or is that something that's more likely to occur in 2027?

Hi, Jim. Thank you for the question. Lanan, over to you.

So for profitability, Facebook especially mentioned about cash margin, you see that for the Facebook, we're consistent with the many scaling EV manufacturers like we focus on the execution milestones that I imagine in treatment. So for VinFast, we have the two primary levers. Like the first one for the high good deliveries, spread, face costs, of course, manufacturing, R&D and S&A, improving operating leverage. And also for the bump cost, yes, we have the next generation platforms designed with the optimized architecture. The next generation vehicles also expected to deliver around 30% to 40% lower of the viewable materials, I mean the bomb cost, versus the allele models. And because at these models scale in production, because we have the production expansion, The units' economics are expected to improve meaningfully. And in addition, that's for platform transition and volume ramp and continue for the cost discipline expected to make the path to profitability increasingly visible over the medium term. But a lot of things to do to boost for the margin improvement for both Vietnam and also for the overseas. And we expect that the path to profitability increasingly visible in the medium term.

Thanks, Lanan. Operator, are there any more live questions? Or Jim, do you have a follow-up question?

Yes, I was curious if you could share with us what your expected cash usage will be this year.

Yes, for the CapEx for this year, we expect that's around $1.6 billion US dollar for cash in capex and for R&D with the next generation models so we expect that we spend around 1.4 billion US dollar for for R&D yeah there seems to be no further questions oh excuse me please stand by we do have a question in the queue your question comes from the line of Jesse Sabelson from BTIG please go

Go ahead. Your line is open. Jesse Sabelson, your line is open. Please ask your question. There is no response, and we have no further questions in the queue.

Thanks, Operator. Actually, Jesse had sent in his question on the WebEx, so I'm going to read it out. This is regarding our guidance of 300,000 global EV deliveries in 2026. From a manufacturing standpoint, are you already capable of producing at that annualized run rate today? And what are the key solutions, either utilization, supply chain, labor or localization that needs to happen to support that volume? There's also been discussions of competitors expanding their manufacturing footprints into Southeast Asia and namely Vietnam. So how do you think about, how do you want investors to think about VinFast core differentiation, whether it's product, pricing, ecosystem, or after sales? And where do you believe you have the most defensible advantage over the next 12 to 18 months? Thank you for that question, Jessie. That's very comprehensive. Madam Thuy, over to you.

Yes, absolutely. We are capable of manufacturing and delivering that volume of at least 300,000 vehicles in 2026. Regarding the 300,000 delivery target for 2026, the growth will mainly be driven by vietnam and our core asian markets uh from a manufacturing perspective we already have sufficient capacity uh i think with um as i mentioned in my in my speech with facilities in high farm hunting and india our combined capacity exceeds 600 000 vehicles per year already so that will support our growth target um as an example our flagship factory in high farm has ramped up to above 70% capacity at the end of 2025 and still have had room to produce more. From the supply chain perspective, we have developed a global supplier network of 1,700 partners and about 800 direct suppliers that are ready to supply to us. Well, I think on your second question, beyond pricing, we differentiate through our EV ecosystem, including the rollout of the big green charging infrastructure and the expansion of GSM, ride-hailing fleet, which have built the long-term consumer confidence. Over time, our scale increases and our ecosystem matures. We expect promotions to normalize with differentiation increasingly driven by great value to money, the vehicle products, and enhanced ownership experience and after-sales service. And, of course, the best-in-class warranty coverage. So I think those are the differentiating points between us and other competitors that might want to enter Southeast Asia and Vietnam in particular.

Thank you. Thank you, Madam Tui. Our next question is regarding robotics manufacturing. Can you give us a sense of the timeline for when VinFast would begin manufacturing robots for the robotics companies within the Vingroup ecosystem? system, and would that require additional capex or changes to your existing production lines? Anne, would you like to take this, please? Sure.

Thanks, Amanda. So basically, I think humanoid robot trials are already planned for the second half of June 26 across two of our factory plants in Vietnam for certain operational tests and we'll continue to conduct ongoing evaluation of robotics integration within our smart manufacturing roadmap and making sure that the humanoid or the robot arms visual ai programs work seamlessly with what we currently have which is already fairly highly automated and uh at the same time we also do not want um you know our testing to disrupt the core EV production because the plant in Haiphong is basically operating at full capacity and the one in HaTeng is also ramping up very fast. So I'm very excited and we hope to share further updates in the coming quarter. Thank you.

Thank you, Anne. Our next question is from Harry of Edison Research. Could you possibly give a little bit more colour on the geographic breakdown of the e-scooter growth you are expecting this year? Will the majority of the growth be driven by an increased number of scooters sold in Vietnam or do you expect it to be driven by international markets? And a follow-up question is, with this growth, should we expect e-scooters to have a meaningful margin impact moving forward? Adam Tui?

Well so last year experienced a very strong growth in in eScooter for us and that was all in Vietnam. This year we expect to expand to five international markets in Asia as well. As you know you go to Asia you You see mostly, you see a lot of two-wheeled vehicles in Asia. So this is a very strong market just beyond Vietnam. But we expect most of the growth for 2026 will still come from Vietnam for various reasons, driven by the policy tailwinds in Vietnam, including the expected restrictions on gasoline motorbikes in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the two big cities in Vietnam. in the middle of 2026. So, and then we focus on the largest segment of two wheels, the student and daily commuters. So the adoption is accelerating as well. I mentioned the international expansion before. So we will expand into India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Another interesting fact about our e-scooter is the battery swapping rollout by V-Green that reduces the charging barriers. especially for people that use e-scooter or use two-wheeled vehicles for, you know, food deliveries or for delivery purposes. So as of January 2026, there are already 4,500 battery shopping stations installed across Vietnam, supported by retail and logistic partnership. Well, as the two-wheeler segment scale, we expect it to become an increasingly meaningful contributor to both revenues and profitability for BinFast, and it will be a great support for our four-wheels business. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Thuy. We are just at about time, so we're going to end with the last question from the WebEx regarding our guidance. Can you provide a breakdown or give us a sense of which markets or models do you expect to contribute the most to your target of at least 300,000 EVs this year?

Well, I think even for 2026, the primary growth expected still from Vietnam and the core Asian markets. There will be new models launches in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines. And the expansion of GSM operations in international markets will also drive the growth as well. We are building the dealership network across Vietnam and Asia. So, those are the factors that would help drive the EV guidance to at least 300,000 vehicles this year.

Thank you, Madam Thuy. Operator, that concludes the earnings call. Thank you.

That does conclude our conference for today. Thank you for participating. You may now disconnect.