On July 12, 2025, Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Lukáš Vlček visited Thanh Cong Viet Hung automobile factory in Quang Ninh to review strategic cooperation between Thanh Cong Group and Skoda Auto. The plant, inaugurated on March 26, 2025, is the first Skoda factory in Southeast Asia and has a designed capacity of 120,000 vehicles per year. The Skoda Kushaq, assembled there, launched in Vietnam on June 28, 2025.