
Business Oct 25, 2020
Apple’s shifting supply chain creates boomtowns in rural Vietnam
The boom in Bac Giang highlights how the shift in the world’s supply chains is touching regions previously left behind.
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The boom in Bac Giang highlights how the shift in the world’s supply chains is touching regions previously left behind.
For the past three decades, Vietnam has known only good — or great — economic news. The nation’s consistent growth as an exporter pushed many into the middle class.
Sophia Kuo says she still hears the whispers as she walks through international airports in her EVA Airways Corp. pilot's uniform: “ 'Wow, we have female pilots.' 'How does she fly an airplane?' 'She must be really smart!' ” More than eight decades after Amelia Earhart's solo ...
Hanoi chicken farmer Nguyen Huu Tuyen blames inexpensive poultry imported from the U.S. for the loss of almost $14,000 (¥1.7 million) this year. Farmers such as Tuyen say the only way American companies can undercut Vietnamese poultry prices is if they export chicken at artificially ...