The former General Motors – Holden proving grounds at Lang Lang in regional Victoria will be placed on the market by the current owner, Vietnam-based automotive start-up VinFast as it exits operations in Australia.
According to CarExpert.com.au, insiders at the facility told the publication that staff were notified by VinFast that it will close the Lang Lang proving ground at the end of September.
A skeleton crew will remain until a new buyer is found for the site says CarExpert.
Earlier this year VinFast said it was closing its Port Melbourne office temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic and relocating all development workforces in foreign countries back to its Vietnam headquarters to better facilitate co-ordination with the production team at its Hai Phong complex.
“In terms of transferring workers in our Australian office to Vietnam, we will settle all issues according to the laws if anyone cannot manage to move to Vietnam,” it said in a press statement.
At the time VinFast also said in the press statement that its decision to close the research and development office in Port Melbourne: “does not affect the Lang Lang proving ground. We will release (an) official announcement if there is any change.”
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