Apple’s supply chain shift creates boomtowns in rural Vietnam

Before the global tech supply chain recently shifted its way, Vietnam’s Bac Giang province was one of the nation’s poorest regions, known for producing rice, lychees, and poultry dubbed “running chicken.” Now officials in the rural area north of Hanoi host representatives from Apple and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.
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