Vietnam and Big Tech are at a crossroads

Tech savvy: Employees in a computer repair shop in Hanoi. Companies such as Meta and Apple are increasingly looking to Vietnam as a supply-chain partner. — AFP

Vietnam may be quickly outgrowing its role in the global tech industry as the attractive manufacturing sidepiece 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.