Vietnam nets supply chain deals

One benefit of Vietnam's strong response to Covid-19 -- it has recorded no deaths—and early reopening of its economy has been its continued rise as a supply chain destination. It has has reportedly netted a manufacturing deal from Panasonic, which is moving 800 jobs from Thailand.

While Apple is also said to have picked Vietnam as the place to develop a "brand-new" headphones product link 🔒

Vietnam is also pushing ahead of post-Covid tourism link

And, in e-commerce, it is predicting $35B in annual by 2025 -- that would be 10% of all retail sales link