Vietnam

According to South China Morning Post, Apple is expanding its smart home manufacturing capabilities in Vietnam, entrusting Chinese company BYD with final assembly, testing, and packaging of its next-generation home devices. The new product lineup includes a HomePod-style smart display and a motorized tabletop robot. The HomePod display is now…

Still waiting for Apple’s first smart home hub with a screen? Mark Gurman at Bloomberg reports that the product is scheduled to arrive in spring 2026. Notably, manufacturing will take place in Vietnam and not China, where most first-gen products are produced. Gurman also reports on Apple’s target price for…

The move, which an industry expert told PV Tech Premium would likely be the first of numerous wafer facility acquisitions in Southeast Asia, speaks to the strategic importance of reliable wafer supply for the US solar manufacturing industry. The US needs solar wafers Next year is set to see an…

Latest The site is expected to be operational by the end of October and commercially producing wafers in “early 2026”. Image: Smallman12q/Wikimedia Commons Korean chemical production firm OCI Holdings has acquired a 65% stake in a Vietnamese solar wafer production plant, intending to export solar wafers to the US. Today,…

South Korea’s OCI Holdings is entering the solar wafer business with a majority stake in a wafer plant in Vietnam valued at $120 million. The facility will produce solar wafers for the U.S. market. October 13, 2025 Patrick Jowett South Korean polysilicon producer OCI Holdings is expanding into the solar…

Singapore ETO joins publicly funded universities to promote "Study in Hong Kong" in Vietnam (with photos) ******************************************************************************************      The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Singapore (Singapore ETO) supported and participated in two education promotional events in Vietnam, with an aim to promote Hong Kong's quality higher education and the…

Egypt and Vietnam are on track to secure seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council despite being woefully unfit for membership, Human Rights Watch said today. The UN General Assembly will elect members to the UN’s premier rights body in a noncompetitive vote on October 14, 2025. The 2…

Civil Society, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, International Justice, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations Opinion NEW YORK, Oct 10 2025 (IPS) - Egypt and Vietnam are on track to secure seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council despite being woefully unfit for membership. The…

Vietnam was first added to FTSE Russell’s watchlist for potential reclassification in September 2018, and authorities have undertaken sweeping reforms to align the market with global standards. The country will now be subject to an interim review in March next year. FTSE had predicted an upgrade would add up to…

Google is expanding access to Opal, its AI vibe-coding app, to 15 more countries. The app, which lets you create mini web apps using text prompts, is now available in Canada, India, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, Singapore, Colombia, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panamá, Honduras, Argentina, and Pakistan. “When we…