Viet Nam’s first car manufacturer VinFast has selected a suite of tools from Siemens PLM Software to help realise its plans for next-generation automotive and transportation design, Siemens announced on Wednesday.

Siemens is providing a digitalisation solution across the entire automotive OEM value chain, which could help enable VinFast to meet the company’s goals of creating the first Viet Nam-made automobile and eScooter brands, as well as promote the development of the industrial and manufacturing sector in the country, the company said in a statement.

"Using the combined power of both product lifecycle management and manufacturing operations management technology is a key part of our digitalisation journey,” said Jason Buxton, chief information officer at VinFast.

“To drive innovation within the automotive industry, it is essential to have the right technology in place,” he said, adding that Siemens’ solutions could empower automakers and the vehicle electrification supply chain to reduce development time and deliver high-quality solutions, with the ability to adapt to changes easily at every stage of the process.

VinFast recently announced the company was also launching the first Vietnamese electric car. Using a connected PLM and MES digital enterprise solution would prove to be critical to achieving this goal. By creating a digital enterprise, VinFast could take advantage of new and disruptive technology across each phase of their operation to reduce cycle time, increase yield and foster new business opportunities, Siemens said.

“The vast portfolio of Siemens solutions that VinFast plans to deploy is a demonstration of the trust our customers place in our proven capabilities in taking products from the digital world to the real world,” said Alex Teo, managing director and vice president of Siemens Industry Software for South East Asia. — VNS