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Vietnam’s relationship with Big Tech is at a crossroads
It’s hard being your favourite supplier’s favourite supplier.
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Apple supplier Foxconn’s factory (left) in Quang Chau Industrial Park in Bac Giang province, Vietnam.
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Catherine Thorbecke
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Vietnam may be quickly outgrowing its role in the global tech industry as the attractive manufacturing side piece to China.
The South-east Asian nation has wisely capitalised on this trend to steadily grow foreign investment inflows and manufacturing capacity for increasingly high-tech gadgets. But it is hard being your favourite supplier’s favourite supplier.
