By Carolina Journal Staff Raleigh, NC – The North Carolina Department of Commerce is objecting to Vinfast’s request to seal documents related to the state’s lawsuit against the auto manufacturer. A hearing on the issue is scheduled Tuesday in Wake…
By Chatham Journal staff Pittsboro, NC – Chatham County commissioners will gather for a four-hour special meeting Tuesday to address two of the county’s most consequential economic-development questions: recruiting or expanding an unidentified business and the lawsuit challenging Chatham’s moratorium…
By Theresa Opeka Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Board of Commissioners voted on Monday to terminate its $400 million economic development agreement between the county and Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast, dealing another blow to the ill-fated project in…
By Everett Pitts Raleigh, NC – Four years after North Carolina leaders celebrated VinFast’s promise to build the state’s first automobile assembly plant in Chatham County, the state is now suing the Vietnamese electric-vehicle maker, alleging it failed to meet…
By Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Chamber of Commerce held its 2026 Chatham County Development Briefing at the Ag Center on March 24. Here’s a compilation of the subjects that an array of speakers touched on during…
Pittsboro, NC – When VinFast chose Chatham County in March 2022 for its first North American manufacturing plant, the announcement landed like an economic thunderclap. North Carolina had won a globally watched electric-vehicle project promising thousands of jobs, billions in…
