Vietnam

Samsung is cutting back production at its largest smartphone plants, located in Vietnam, as retailers struggle to sell through existing inventory and orders slow down — reports Reuters. According to Samsung employees in Vietnam's northern province of Thai Nguyen, which accounts for half of the company's global phone production volume, assembly lines are going from...

Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down with Vietnam PM Pham Minh Chinh at Apple Park earlier this week. Cook met with Chinh to discuss the company's relationship with Vietnam, its supply chain, and the expansion of Apple products into the market. As reported by SGGP News (via iMore,) there were multiple reports confirming Chinh's visit...

Apple is set to begin a small-scale AirPods trial production run in Vietnam, as the Cupertino firm seeks to reduce its production reliance on China. A new report by Nikkei Asian Review says China's GoerTek, one of Apple's key contract manufacturers, will begin testing production of the popular wireless earbuds later this summer. The report's "sources with...

he smartphone market is set to grow in Vietnam, and Apple has a strong grip on it. Why? Because the iPhone is seen as a fashionable, relatively affordable status symbol, Bloomberg reports. The newspaper brings up an example to back up the claim, IDC’s Ho Chi Minh City-based country director, Lam Nguyen, said: Bich Ngoc...