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<p>VEF, Latvian acronym for Valsts elektrotehniskā fabrika (<i>State Electrotechnical Factory</i>), was a manufacturer of electrical and electronic products in <a href="/facts/Riga/PCWbJn2h">Riga</a>, <a href="/facts/Latvia/y2PSa8lx">Latvia</a>. It was founded in 1919. Before World War II, it manufactured a large variety of goods, including <a href="/facts/Minox/6YMn30uf">Minox</a> — then the world's smallest camera. After the war, it was the leading communication technology producer in the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet Union</a> and the largest factory in the Latvian SSR. </p>