1Q2024 Earnings Release

April 2024

1Q2024 Earnings Release

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Non-GAAP and Other Financial and Operating Metrics

This presentation includes certain financial measures not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. ("U.S. GAAP"), including EBITDA and free cash flow (together, the "Non-GAAP Measures"). EBITDA is defined as net loss attributable to controlling interest before (1) interest expense, (2) tax income/ (expense), and (3) depreciation and amortization. Free cash flow is defined as net operating cash used in operating activities less capital expenditures. Management of VinFast Auto Ltd. (the "Company") uses the Non-GAAP Measures as measurements of VinFast's operating performance because they assist in comparing VinFast's operating performance on a consistent basis, as they remove the impact of items not directly resulting from VinFast's core EV operations, for planning purposes, including the preparation of VinFast's internal annual operating budget and financial projections, to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of VinFast's strategic initiatives, and to evaluate VinFast's capacity to fund capital expenditures and expand our business.

The Non-GAAP Measures may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other companies, because not all companies and analysts calculate these measures in the same manner. Management considers the Non-GAAP Measures to be important supplemental measures of VinFast's performance, and believes that they are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies. Management believes that investors' understanding of VinFast's performance is enhanced by including the Non-GAAP Measures as a reasonable basis for comparing VinFast's ongoing results of operations. Management believes that by providing the Non-GAAP Measures, together with reconciliations to U.S. GAAP, VinFast is enhancing investors' understanding of its business and results of operations, as well as assisting investors in evaluating how well VinFast is executing its strategic initiatives.

The Non-GAAP Measures have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation, or as an alternative to, or a substitute for revenues, profit/(loss) after tax, net cash flows from/(used in) operating activities or other financial statement data presented in our consolidated financial statements as indicators of financial performance. Some of the limitations are that the Non-GAAP Measures do not reflect do not reflect our expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments, do not reflect changes in our working capital needs, and do not reflect our income tax benefit/(expense) or the amounts necessary to pay our taxes. Other companies may calculate such measures differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures. Although depreciation and amortization are eliminated in the calculation of EBITDA, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and such measure does not reflect any costs for such replacements. Due to these and other limitations, the Non-GAAP Measures are in addition to, not a substitute for or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Forward Looking Statements

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policies which are favorable for EV manufacturers and buyers, (xx) failure to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting and to accurately and timely report the Company's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, (xxi) battery pack failures in the Company's or its competitor's EVs, (xxii) failure of the Company's business partners to deliver their services, (xxiii) errors, bugs, vulnerabilities, design defects or other issues related to technology used or involved in the Company's EVs or operations, (xxiv) the risk that the Company's research and development efforts may not yield expected results, (xxv) risks associated with autonomous driving technologies, (xxvi) product recalls that the Company may be required to make, (xxvii) the ability of the Company's controlling shareholder to control and exert significant influence on the Company, (xxiii) the Company's reliance on financial and other support from Vingroup and its affiliates and the close association between the Company and Vingroup and its affiliates, (xxix) conflicts of interests with or any events impacting the reputation of Vingroup affiliates or unfavorable market conditions or adverse business operations of Vingroup and Vingroup affiliates and (xxx) other risks discussed in our reports filed or furnished to the SEC.

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Exchange Rates

This presentation contains translations of certain Vietnam Dong amounts into U.S. dollars at specified rates solely for the convenience of the reader. Unless otherwise stated, all translations from Vietnam Dong to U.S. dollars were made at the rate of VND24,003 to US$1.00, representing the central exchange rate quoted by the State Bank of Vietnam Operations Centre as of March 31, 2024. The Company makes no representation that the Vietnam Dong or U.S. dollars amounts referred could be converted into U.S. dollars or Vietnam Dong, as the case may be, at any particular rate or at all.

Table

of Contents

1Q and Recent Highlights

Operational Summary

Outlook

Financial Summary

Appendix

Financial Statements

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1Q and Recent Highlights

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Deliveries

Steady progress on developing dealer network and market expansion

Other updates

  • Delivered 9,689 electric cars and 6,632 e-scooters in 1Q
  • Commenced deliveries of VF 7 to initial customers in Vietnam in late March 2024
    • U.S.: Signed additional agreements with 10 dealers, of which 2 dealers have opened VinFast stores and started recording sales. Total dealer agreements signed reached 16, spanning across: Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina, and Texas. Newly signed dealers to open for sale starting from the second quarter
    • Indonesia: Signed with 5 dealership partners, with the first VinFast store opened on April 2. Opened sales of the RHD configuration of the VF e34
    • Others: Groundbreaking in Tamil Nadu, India. Signed LOIs and sales agreement with dealers in other markets such as Thailand and Oman
  • Establishment of V-Green by VinFast's founder: V-Green to develop charging network to support VinFast' s future growth, which results in CAPEX reduction for VinFast
  • Launch of VinFast's new electric bike: DrgnFly will go on sale late April with a listed price of $2,599. Customers can now order through VinFast's dealer network in the U.S.

Financials

$303mn

Q1 revenue

+ 269.7 %YoY

$123mn

Cash1

(49.8%)

Gross margin

Operations

9,689

EV delivered2

+444% YoY

6,632

E-scooters delivered

-32% YoY

850K

Charge points3

119

Showrooms4

Source: Company information. VinFast 1Q2024 unaudited financial statements. Notes: USD/VND assumed to be 24,003. Operational data is as of March 31, 2024

  1. Represents cash & cash equivalents
  2. Represents VF e34, VF 5, VF 6, VF 7, VF 8, VF 9 and e-bus
  1. Represents VinFast-owned charge points in Vietnam and partnered charging network operators in North America and Europe
  2. Represents VinFast's and dealers' showrooms

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Operational Summary

2024 Q1

2023 Q4

QoQ

2023 Q1

YoY

EVs1

9,689

13,513

(28%)

1,780

+444%

• Vietnam remained the key market in 1Q while U.S. saw noticeable

E-scooters

improvements in sales thanks to creative programs

6,632

24,309

(73%)

9,757

(32%)

• Best-selling model was VF 5, followed by VF 8 and VF 6

Total Deliveries

16,321

37,822

(57%)

11,537

+41%

31 Mar 2024

31 Dec 2023

QoQ

Total Showrooms2

119

123

(3%)

• Poor-performing showrooms closed to optimize resources and focus on good performing stores

Total Charging Points3

850,000

800,000

+6%

• 850,000 charge points globally include both owned ones in Vietnam and 3P in overseas markets

Notes:

  1. Includes VF e34, VF 5, VF 6, VF 7, VF 8, VF 9 and e-buses
  2. Includes VinFast's and dealers' showrooms
  3. Includes charge points owned by VinFast in Vietnam and by charging network operators in North America and Europe

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Progressing Aggressively With Increasing Agreements Signed Globally and Capitalizing on the Local Distribution and Dealership Partners to Accelerate Delivery to Customers

# of Showrooms

Distribution strategy

US

119

Canada

EU

Vietnam

U.S.

Dealership (and hybrid)

Distribution

Showrooms owned by VinFast and dealers in key strategic markets

Applied to smaller markets or where it makes sense to do so due to unique characters and strength of local players

Total dealer agreements

ThailandIndonesia

signed reached 16, spanning across: Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina, and Texas. Newly signed dealers to open for sale starting from the second quarter.

Middle East

Signed a dealer sales

agreement with BAT1 for the distribution of electric vehicles in the Oman market

India

Broke ground of the first EV manufacturing facility in the state of Tamil Nadu

Unveiled a diverse range of green solutions during the Bangkok International Motor Show and signed LOIs with

15 initial dealers

Signed with 5 dealership

partners, with the first VinFast

store opened on April 2.

Opened sales of the RHD configuration of the VF e34

Source: Company information. Note: 1. Bahwan Automobiles Trading LLC (BAT)

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Outlook - New Products & Markets Launch, Growing Distribution Network to Support Growth

We aim to…

Roll-out our full portfolio

Add more VinFast

Expand distribution network

vehicles on the road

With the global roll-out of 2 new models

100K

(VF 3 and VF 7), VinFast offers its full line-

Electric vehicles deliveries

up of e-SUVs to multiple markets in 2024

Increase dealership coverage globally in existing and new markets, including Asia as a new key strategic market

…Our progress so far

Commenced deliveries of VF 7 to first customers in Vietnam;

VF 3 is on track for delivery in 2024.

Delivered 9,689 vehicles in Q1, +444% YoY;

Products for overseas markets are underway and drive sales in the second half of 2024

New markets entries in Asia; Added 10 additional dealers, bringing the total number of dealers signed to 16 in the U.S. alone

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Financial Summary

$mn, except per share

data

Total Revenue

Gross Profit/(Loss)

  • Gross Margin Operating Expenses1

EBITDA2

Net loss

EPS3

Cash used in operating activities

Capital expenditures

Free cash flow4

$mn, except per share

data

Cash5

2024 Q1

2023 Q4

2023 Q1

QoQ

YoY

303

438

82

(31%)

+270%

(151)

(189)

(142)

(20%)

+7%

(49.8%)

(43.0%)

(172.9%)

(700bp)

+12,300bp

(271)

(310)

(316)

(13%)

(14%)

(358)

(450)

(426)

(21%)

(16%)

(618)

(705)

(598)

(12%)

+3%

(0.26)

(0.30)

(0.26)

-

-

(517)

(404)

(610)

+28%

(15%)

(200)

(221)

(259)

(9%)

(23%)

(717)

(625)

(868)

+15%

(17%)

31 Mar 2024

31 Dec 2023

31 Mar 2023

QoQ

YoY

123

171

157

(28%)

(22%)

  • Total revenues are primarily comprised of revenue from EV sales.
  • Revenue growth compared to 1Q2023 was driven by an increase in EVs sale volumes thanks to increasing acceptance of both existing and newly launched models.
  • Revenue less than 4Q2023 was due to lower deliveries following the typical low season and Lunar New Year in Vietnam (For benchmarking, deliveries in 1Q2023 were only 5% of total deliveries in 2023.) This has also resulted in a lower gross margin.
  • Capex spent mostly to support development expenses of new models and manufacturing upgrade and expansion.

Source: Company information. VinFast 1Q2024 unaudited financial statements. Notes: USD/VND assumed to be 24,003.All financial figures presented are US GAAP unless otherwise stated

  1. Operating expenses = R&D costs + Selling and distribution costs + administrative expenses
  2. EBITDA = earning before Interests, tax, and depreciation & amortization. See "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP" for more information
  3. EPS = earnings per share
  4. Free cash flow = net cash used in operating activities less capital expenditures. See "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP" for more information

5. Represents cash & cash equivalents. Cash as of 31 December 2023 was adjusted to reflect the historical financial statements of VinES acquired on January 19, 2024.

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Appendix

Financial Performance

Revenue

USD mn

1,195

438

303

Gross profit/ (loss) and gross margin

USD mn

Gross profit margin

(47.1%)

(172.9%)

(43.0%)

(49.8%)

2023

1Q23

4Q23

1Q24

(142)(151)

(189)

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EBITDA (non-GAAP)(1)

USD mn

2023 1Q23 4Q23 1Q24

-

(200)

(400)

(358)

(426)

(450)

(600)

(800)

(1,000)

(1,200)

(1,400)

(1,600)

82

(563)

(1,800)

(1,639)

2023

1Q23

4Q23

1Q24

(2,000)

Source: Company information. VinFast 1Q2024 unaudited financial statements. Notes: USD/VND assumed to be 24,003.All financial figures presented are US GAAP unless otherwise stated 1. EBITDA = earning before Interests, tax, and depreciation & amortization. See "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP" for more information

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