The state Commerce Department is suing VinFast to take control of the Chatham County land the Vietnamese company had promised would become the site of an automobile factory. Filed on Thursday, the company contends that work has stalled and it’s now impossible for the company to have a factory up and running there this year, […]
A company led by UNC Board of Governors member Kirk Bradley has sued Chatham County, seeking to overturn the county’s moratorium on data-center development. Lawyers for Eco TIP West filed the lawsuit on Thursday. They allege the moratorium violates the firm’s vested rights in a tract within the Moncure megasite, the requirements of the moratorium […]
Vietnamese electric-vehicle maker VinFast says it intends to resume construction of its planned North Carolina factory in Chatham County as early as next month, with an eye toward launching production there in 2028. But the company has revised its ambitions, telling local officials that it expects employment in the 1,400-job range. That’s sharply lower than […]
