Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (Foxconn), which is Apple’s major supplier, is recruiting 1,000 workers for assembling electronic parts for its plants in the Northern provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh.

Vietnam has received many large global groups, led by US technology firms, that have brought production chains with capital of up to billions of dollars, becoming a promising alternative as costs rise in other locations.