A unit of Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology has received a license from Vietnam government to build a $270 million plant to produce laptops and tablets.
The plant, to be developed by Fukang Technology, will be located in the northern province of Bac Giang and will annually produce eight million units.
Foxconn has so far invested $1.5 billion in Vietnam and plans to raise its investment by $700 million and recruit 10,000 more local workers this year.
Separately, state media reported last week Foxconn was also looking into investing $1.3 billion in Thanh Hoa province, 160 km (99.42 miles) south of Hanoi.
Foxconn is moving some iPad and MacBook assembly to Vietnam from China at the request of Apple as the U.S. firm diversifies production to minimize the impact of Sino-U.S. trade tensions.
