June 8 (Reuters) - Vietnam's VinFast reported a nearly 42% rise in first-quarter revenue on Monday, bolstered by strong demand for its electric vehicles from key markets in Southeast Asia.    

The company's quarterly revenue came in at 23.11 trillion dong ($877.24 million), compared with revenue of 16.31 trillion dong a year earlier. 

($1 = 26,344.0000 dong)

(Reporting by Zaheer Kachwala in Bengaluru; Editing by Jonathan Ananda)