Coronavirus: Vietnam races to cut disruptions for suppliers of tech firms such as Apple, Samsung

When coronavirus cases began rising in North Vietnam’s industrial production hubs two weeks ago, Ruby La realised she had a mounting problem on her hands.The chief executive of Ngoc Nghia, a firm that supplies plastic packaging to Coca-Cola and other brands, had a few dozen manufacturing workers doing three shifts a day at their factory in Bac Ninh, next door to epicentre Bac Giang.The two provinces – which together have 3.1 million residents and house hundreds of factories that are plugged…

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