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| Workers assemble mobile phones at Nokia's factory in the northern province of Bac Ninh. Microsoft, Nokia's owner from April 2014, has transferred its production lines from factories in China, Hungary and Mexico to Viet Nam. — Photo ictnews.vn |
HA NOI (Biz Hub) — Microsoft Corporation has been transferring its Nokia mobile phone production lines from its factories in China, Hungary and Mexico to Viet Nam since May 2014.
The company expects to complete the transfer by February 2015, according to a report from the Nokia Vietnam Limited Liability Company on its development orientation in Viet Nam.
The report was recently sent to various government offices such as the Ministries of Finance and Planning and Investment, and the Bac Ninh Province's People's Committee.
According to the report, Microsoft has shut down factories in Komarom, Hungary and in Beijing and Guangdong Province's Dongguan City in China. It has also converted its factory in Reynosa, Mexico into a repair centre.
Nokia officially inaugurated its first cell phone manufacturing factory in the northern province of Bac Ninh on October 28, 2013. In that year, it provided 10.8 million mobile phones for the market with an export value of more than $193 million. Nokia products manufactured in Viet Nam include the Nokia 105, Nokia 107 and Nokia 108.
Nokia's production lines in Viet Nam are expected to increase in number, from six at the end of 2013 to 39 at the end of this year. Its monthly capacity is expected to triple and the level of complexity is also expected to increase by end-2014 and early 2015.
According to Nokia Vietnam, the factory in Bac Ninh will begin producing mobile phones with the Windows operating system, such as Lumia 630 and Lumia 530, by end-August. Nearly all of its mobile phone manufacturing operations will be carried out in Bac Ninh by end-October.
To develop and expand the scale of operations in Bac Ninh, Nokia Vietnam plans to increase the number of its employees by at least 50 per cent and achieve an average annual yield of 76.4 million products estimated to be worth nearly US$1.9 billion. — VNS