BAC GIANG, VIETNAM – Foxconn said Vietnam is its largest manufacturing hub in Southeast Asia, say reports. The EMS/ODM company, the world’s largest according to the CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY Top 50, did not indicate whether it includes China as part of the geography.

Chairman Young Liu said the firm has been expanding its operations in Taiwan, India and Vietnam in the past two years.

In 2018 and 2019, Foxconn invested NT$6 billion (US$203 million) in Vietnam and NT$11 billion (US$372 million) in India.

In 2020, Foxconn will make Google's new Pixel 5 smartphone in Vietnam. It’s three plants there manufacture and assemble computers, car parts and other electronics.

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