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8 19, WeChat. The new outbreak of crown pneumonia prompted governments to strengthen border control. Apple, Google, Amazon and its main suppliers had to postpone or even cancel the plan to transfer production from China to Vietnam. "
" p> < p > according to people familiar with the matter, Apple will start mass producing its latest airpods headset in China, and the company previously planned to produce this headset in Vietnam. Airpods, including entry-level and high-end models, is one of the first products Apple plans to mass produce in Vietnam p> < p > in addition, Apple's plan to transfer some MacBook and iPad production to Vietnam has also been shelved due to lack of engineering resources, incomplete laptop supply chain and changing epidemic situation p> < p > meanwhile, people familiar with the matter said that Google's upcoming smartphone pixel 6 would be produced in China, although the company planned to transfer production to northern Vietnam early last year. Like the pixel 5 launched last year, due to Vietnam's limited engineering resources and intermittent travel restrictions, Google's new mobile phone will be assembled in Shenzhen P>
two novel coronavirus pneumonia said that the production of Amazon smart doorbell, security camera and smart speaker recently moved to Vietnam is also facing delays since May this year, because the assembly line in the north of the country is responding to the surge in local new crown pneumonia infection and the more stringent preventive measures. p> < p > Vietnam has a large number of young labor force and is close to China, which makes it in a favorable position to attract technology manufacturers. Suppliers of apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Dell have set up or expanded factories in the country in the past few years p> < p > however, the establishment of a new regional supply chain also requires experienced engineers and skilled workers. An executive in the supply chain of apple and Google said that both China and Vietnam have adopted stricter border control measures this year, which has slowed down the transfer of production between the two countries p> < p > the executive said that the so-called "new product promotion" in Vietnam was particularly challenging due to the lack of engineers. New product promotion refers to the joint development and production of a new product by the company and suppliers p> < p > he added: "Vietnam's engineering talents are far from enough. Under all travel restrictions, it is only feasible to manufacture products that have been mass-produced elsewhere in Vietnam. It will be challenging to produce new products to be launched from scratch in that country. " p> < p > an executive of an Amazon supplier also said: "border controls have been tightened in the past few months. It is difficult for China to send Chinese engineers to support the Amazon production project in northern Vietnam. Therefore, the company has been recruiting Chinese mainland engineers who have been vaccinated. " p> < p > in order to combat the recent surge in infection cases, Vietnam's major provinces have also ordered factories to shut down unless they can provide accommodation for workers The novel coronavirus pneumonia confirmed by Vietnam's national report was 8656 cases from 18 to 18 August 17th, and the cumulative diagnosis was 300 thousand, p>
according to the Vietnamese Ministry of health. p> < p > due to the more severe epidemic situation, Samsung Electronics temporarily stopped production in Ho Chi Minh City and reduced the number of employees. Apple's major suppliers Foxconn, Tencent precision and Goethe also suspended production in northern Vietnam in May to comply with stricter epidemic control measures( Small) < / P > < p >