New Delhi, March 11 -- Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast has tapped a bevy of experienced Indian executives from local units of global automakers as it aims to rapidly expand in the country's battery-powered car, scooter and bus markets.

The company has recruited more than half a dozen senior leaders and executives with prior stints at firms such as Hyundai Motor Company, Honda Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co., Renault, BMW, and MG Motor over the past eight months, according to regulatory filings with the ministry of corporate affairs and the officials' social media profiles. VinFast's strategy mirrors the playbook of established foreign manufacturers that have previously scaled operations in the world's third-largest automobile ...