191 news items tagged Vietnam
LG reportedly looking to sell Vietnam smartphone plant
Friday 16 April 2021LG Electronics is shutting down all smartphone plants and looking to find buyers after announcing its decision in early April to quit its loss-ridden smartphone business, according...
Vietnam expanding local industrial parks
Thursday 15 April 2021The Vietnamese government approved many industrial park expansion projects in 13 of its provinces in the first quarter of 2021 in a bid to accommodate growing investments, according...
Business opportunities in Vietnam: Q&A with Keven Cheng, Taiwan Trade Center director in Ho Chi Minh City
Thursday 8 April 2021Vietnam has joined the CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) and RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership), and has signed FTAs (free-trade...
Acer optimistic about 2Q21 shipments in Asia Pacific
Wednesday 7 April 2021Acer expects shipments into Asia Pacific to grow sequentially in the second quarter thanks to the stay-at-home economy driven by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the company's...
WiAdvance eyeing Southeast Asia market
Friday 26 March 2021WiAdvance, a subsidiary of Wistron, is looking to start expanding its presence in the 5G and AIoT solutions markets in Southeast Asia in 2022, according to company president Michael...
Pegatron expanding capacity in Vietnam, India and North America
Friday 26 March 2021Pegatron will complete its factory site expansions in Vietnam and India in the second half of 2021 and begin an expansion at a plant in North America in 2021, according to company...
ASE, ShunSin gearing up for optical module shipment boom
Tuesday 23 March 2021Backend houses ASE Technology and ShunSin Technology are both expected to enjoy a surge in orders for optical communication modules for 5G device applications starting the second...
Arcadyan constructing second factory in Vietnam
Friday 19 March 2021Network communication device maker Arcadyan Technology is setting up a second factory in Vietnam, with production to begin in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Taiwan PCB makers gearing up for miniLED TV boom
Wednesday 17 March 2021Taiwan-based PCB manufacturers, such as Taiwan PCB Techvest (TPT) and Apex International, are gearing up for the miniLED-backlit TV market boom as they have cut into supply chains...
Darfon constructing two factories in Vietnam
Tuesday 16 March 2021Taiwan-based Darfon Electronics is building a factory for making keyboards in northern Vietnam and another for manufacturing electric bicycles (e-bikes) in southern Vietnam, with...
PCB maker Apex expects strong 1H21 amid challenges
Friday 5 March 2021Taiwan's PCB maker Apex International, with main manufacturing operations in Thailand, expects to enjoy a particularly strong first-half 2021, but it is facing challenges from tight...
ProLogium to set up JV in Vietnam
Thursday 4 March 2021Solid-state lithium ceramic battery (LCB) maker ProLogium Technology will set up a joint venture in Vietnam with local car vendor VinFast for making EV-use batteries, according to...
Vietnam ships over US$50 billion handsets, handset components in 2020
Monday 22 February 2021Vietnam's exports of handsets and handset components decreased for the first time in 11 years by 0.4% to US$51.18 billion in 2020, according to local media reports, citing data from...
Vietnam industry depends heavily on foreign investors
Thursday 18 February 2021The influx of foreign investment has greatly helped Vietnam improve its local manufacturing. Vietnam, which is able to make not only smartphones but also electric cars (EV), is a...
Ju Teng to set up production base in Vietnam
Thursday 4 February 2021Ju Teng International will set up a production base for making casings of notebooks, tablets and hand-held devices in Nghe An Province, central Vietnam, according to local media re...
Taiwan investors in northern Vietnam enhancing anti-virus efforts
Monday 1 February 2021Taiwan's electronics firms with manufacturing operations in northern Vietnam have all strengthened anti-virus measures following recent Covid-19 infections in two provinces, Hai Duong...
Pegatron obtains land for new plant in India
Friday 29 January 2021Pegatron has gained land use rights for a 423,195-square feet industrial site in Mahindra City, India, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE). The total...
Intel invests additional US$475 million in Vietnam
Thursday 28 January 2021Intel announced recently that it has invested a further US$475 million in Intel Products Vietnam (IPV). This new investment is in addition to Intel's US$1 billion investment to build...
Vietnam investment opportunities: Q&A with Wiziin CEO Tien Nguyen
Monday 25 January 2021Many startups are confused about how to find angel investors, while investors are discouraged by the lack of transparency of information about startup investments. Nguyen Ngoc Tien...
Arcadyan to double capex in 2021 to boost production in Vietnam
Monday 11 January 2021Networking device maker Arcadyan Technology expects to double its capex this year to boost substantially production at its factory site in Vietnam.
Vietnam offers low labor cost
Wednesday 6 January 2021Vietnam is one of three ASEAN countries with the lowest labor costs, based on the current minimum wage of US$132~190 per month, according to Viet Dragon Securities Company (VDSC).
Pegatron acquires land for new plant in Vietnam
Tuesday 5 January 2021Pegatron has bought a piece of land in Vietnam for about VND528.92 billion (US$22.9 million) to build a new plant, which will be ready for production later in 2021, according to industry...
Over half of foreign firms in Vietnam report losses in 2019
Tuesday 5 January 2021Almost 55% of foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam posted losses totaling VND131.4 trillion (US$5.7 billion) in 2019, according to information released by the country's Ministry...
Vietnam aspires to become industrialized country in 10 years
Thursday 31 December 2020Vietnam is looking to become an industrialized country in the next 10 years, after failing to achieve it in 2020 as it had previously vowed.
Top-50 Vietnam brands see value rise 28% in 2020
Wednesday 30 December 2020Total value of Vietnam's top-50 most valuable brands has gone up 28% this year, growing from US$18.8 billion in 2019 to US$26.1 billion in 2020, according to Brand Finance.
- LG Display raises investment at Vietnam factory by $750 million to $3.25 billion: media (Feb 8) - Reuters
- Vietnam targets growth surge, hi-tech shift in Communist Party economic blueprint (Feb 1) - Reuters
- LG Electronics in talks with Vingroup of Vietnam to sell off its smartphone business (Jan 21) - BusinessKorea
- Vietnam gives Foxconn unit licence for $270 million plant to produce laptops, tablets (Jan 18) - Reuters
- Vietnam targeted in complex supply chain attack (Dec 28) - ZDNet
- UK, Vietnam reach free-trade deal as Brexit deadline looms (Dec 11) - Bloomberg
- Apple may move some production to Vietnam to avoid trade tensions (Nov 26) - engadget
- Vietnam again asks Samsung to invest in semiconductor infrastructure (Oct 21) - The Korea Herald