Ben Ang
2022-08-23

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) supplier Foxconn has signed a $300 million memorandum of understanding with Vietnamese developer Kinh Bac City to expand its facility in the north of the country to diversify and boost production, state media said on Saturday.

The Taiwanese company's new factory, on a plot of 50.5 hectares (125 acres) in Bac Giang province, will generate 30,000 local jobs, the Tuoi Tre newspaper said.Foxconn, formally called Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, and Kinh Bac City did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The move follows a report this week that Foxconn has started test production of the Apple Watch in northern Vietnam.

Foxconn, which has been in Bac Giang for 15 years, has moved part of its iPad and AirPods production to Bac Giang's Quang Chau Industrial Park, Tuoi Tre reported. It did not say which type of products would be produced at the new factory or its capacity.

The Vietnamese government said last year Foxconn had invested $1.5 billion in the Southeast Asian country.

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Comments

  • Humbly
    2022-08-23
    Humbly
    Vietnam may become the new low cost manufacturing hub in Asia as China moves up the value chain emphasizing more on innovation
  • skyblue8
    2022-08-23
    skyblue8
    Some good news for Apple and Foxconn
  • greyGrey
    2022-08-23
    greyGrey
    Benjamin ang
  • Eng22
    2022-08-24
    Eng22
    Ready for the sep i14?? Viet is growing
  • KenixBoon88
    2022-08-23
    KenixBoon88
    noted with thanks
  • Ice678
    2022-08-23
    Ice678
    [OK] I still hold it
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