Workers leave work at Lego factory in Binh Duong, Vietnam on April 2, 2025. / Credit: Hau Dinh / AP A worker operates packing machines at Lego factory in Binh Duong, Vietnam on April 2, 2025.

BINH DUONG, Vietnam — Lego opened a $1 billion factory in Vietnam on Wednesday that it says will make toys without adding planet-warming gas to the atmosphere by relying entirely on clean energy.

It's the first in Vietnam that aims to run entirely on clean energy, which Lego says it will do by early 2026. It's the Danish company's sixth worldwide and its second in Asia.

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL BINH DUONG, Vietnam (AP) — Lego opened a $1 billion factory in Vietnam on Wednesday that it says will make toys without adding planet-warming gas to the atmosphere by relying ...

The factory in the industrial area of Binh Duong, close to Ho Chi Minh City, is the first in Vietnam that aims to run entirely on clean energy. Lego says it will do that by early 2026.

Lego is building more than colorful bricks — it's building a greener future. The company recently opened a new factory in Southern Vietnam, calling it its "most environmentally sustainable ...

Toymaker Lego said on Wednesday it plans to build a new factory in Vietnam to keep up with rapidly growing demand for its colored plastic bricks among children across Asia.

Lego's founder, Ole Kirk Kristiansen, started the company as a wooden toy maker before patenting the iconic plastic bricks in 1958. It is still is seeking a way to make its plastic bricks more ...

The factory in the industrial area of Binh Duong, close to Ho Chi Minh City, is the first in Vietnam that aims to run entirely on clean energy. Lego says it will do that by early 2026.

The factory in the industrial area of Binh Duong, close to Ho Chi Minh City, is the first in Vietnam that aims to run entirely on clean energy. Lego says it will do that by early 2026.