April 9 (Reuters) - The chairman of Vietnam’s Vingroup conglomerate said on Saturday that the company’s auto unit, VinFast, could seek financing from the U.S. government to support its expansion with a planned plant in North Carolina.

“It is also one of our financing options, but we need to prove to them that we are qualified,” Vingroup Chairman Pham Nhat Vuong told a group including reporters on Saturday.

(Reporting by Vietnam Newsroom; Editing by William Mallard)