Apple supplier Foxconn has leased 50.5 hectares of land in the northern province of Bac Giang and plans to set up a $300-million factory there.
The plant will employ 30,000 people, according to a statement of industrial property developer Kinh Bac City, which manages Quang Chau Industrial Park where Foxconn eyes to make its investment.
Foxconn and another Apple supplier, Luxshare Precision Industry, have started test production of the Apple Watch and MacBook in northern Vietnam and plan to produce them for the first time in the country.