Apple suppliers to make Apple Watch and MacBook in Vietnam for first time – Nikkei

An Apple Store employee shows the Series 5 Apple Watch during the preview of the redesigned and reimagined Apple Fifth Avenue store in New York, U.S., September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Aug 16 (Reuters) – Apple’s Chinese suppliers Luxshare Precision Industry (002475.SZ) and iPhone assembler Foxconn (2317.TW) have started test production of the Apple Watch in northern Vietnam with the aim of producing the device outside of China for the first time, Nikkei Asia reported on Tuesday citing people familiar matter.

Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich

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