I am sorry if this news is stale, but I only get the chance to post it here today.


Apple eyes $1b regional data centre in Vietnam

US tech giant Apple Inc is mulling a $1-billion regional data hub in Hanoi, according to the Dien dan doanh nghiep, the official publication of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

“Apple is studying the sites for the construction and completing the investment procedures,” the publication said, cited its source.

This will be Apple’s first investment in Vietnam and it will be following in the footsteps of South Korean conglomerates Samsung and LG, and US-headquartered Microsoft, which have been present in the country for years.

However, while the others have invested in manufacturing facilities in Vietnam, Apple will reportedly build a data centre meant for its entire Asian operations.

Reuters reported in November last year that Apple had set up a subsidiary in the Southeast Asian country to import and sell its mobile phones directly in this market.

Samsung is one of the biggest investors in Vietnam with $13 billion direct investment in factories and a research hub in Bac Ninh, Thai Nguyen and Ho Chi Minh City. LG Electronics is also building a $1.5-billion producing complex in northern Vietnam. Microsoft has shifted its smartphone production from China, Hungary and Mexico to Vietnam in 2014.

Meanwhile, the iPhone maker has been aggressively investing in R&D with a spend of $8 billion last year. Apple already has R&D facilities in the UK, China, Taiwan, US, Israel and Japan.

“It is unclear when Apple will deploy the Hanoi-based centre, but the size of the project has shown the high potential of the Vietnam market to the US tech major,” the Dien dan doanh nghiep commented.

Samsung, as Apple’s biggest competitor in the Vietnam’s mobile phone market, is also investing in two R&D centres, a $300-million new one in Hanoi and a facility within the $1.4-billion complex in Ho Chi Minh City.

Several other global tech and electronics firms have chosen Vietnam as base for their global back-end and manufacturing activities, including Hewlett-Packard, Panasonic and Nissan Techno.

Vietnam is considered as the next manufacturing powerhouse of Asia, fueled by its growing economy, young and urbanised population and cheap labour cost.

Also, US has been Vietnam’s biggest export market for the last couple of years, accounting for the largest proportion of 20.7 per cent of the total exports, according to a latest update of Trading Economics.


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Earlier, The Star reported that our PM wants Apple to set up a research center here.
The Star


So, the question now is, why would Apple decided to choose Vietnam and not Malaysia.
Has countries like Vietnam finally catch up with Malaysia or do we actually regress backward?


As source of above news is from Vietnam, let's wait for official news from Apple.

cost..its all about cost..

and little that we know about industry safety regulation in vietnam and in malaysia..

Submarine cable problem immediately even Singapore sites also has issues. How to become regional data center with such quality of service? Improve first before try to compete lah.

what is DATA CENTER?
... meant for its entire Asian operations. <<< need high speed internet?

Nothing news, Vietnam is the next China.

vietnam cheaper

Itune server there. All your data and porn photos in your phone now store there.

Vn internet is way better than Msia.
Their gov are really aggressive on promoting gaining knowledge through internet. The only downside is that, the youngster there think they are really smart.

sia-sia Bijan go US jilat Tim Cook

Hahahha

bcoz marehsia everything also got tongkat quota...
hire people also need to give tongkat in quota...

vietnam tak main racist card,

tu pun tak paham

viet amoi also hnngghhh than malaysia typical ah lian lancau,

What the Pho? Still Malaysia >> VN but the question is for how long

Malaysia songlap kuat ... later pay for this and that for 1 mil pull cable only.

line unstable how to build data centre ya

they are not that smart ...? or not all

vietnam is the underdog of asia...not alot knows this

Maybe they were force to put one person as director from MY. Like what MY did to others company ?

So what? If they build in malaysia also u wont get any benefit. U see how many giant companies invested in malaysia previously, but how much benefit rakyat dapat in term of job opportunity & all those taxes they have paid to govt u see ada govt return to rakyat?

Has countries like Vietnam finally catch up with Malaysia or do we actually regress backward?

Both is correct

Later vietguy come look for nasi lemak and char kuew teow

Data Centre,where apple stores all its users video,pictures,data and other stuffs in cloud.Data Centre enables services like iCloud for the Apple product users.

Data Centre is a huge collection of computers and storages.


Example like picture below of Google Data Centre,data centres are located all around the world in strategic places.

Hmmm temperature here sucks?

vietnam is much nearer to china, which has the largest smartphone market in asia, make sense?

So means engrish gooding is No need bulsheet create by angmoh england loyalist seeking to undermine our great countri. Vnam communistic speak bling blang srill can high techs. We cannots.

Doesn't matter n e way. Too late for us. Vnam is experience what we did during 80s. We messed up now is their turn. Open here also hire 90% banglas anyway.

Vietnam lagi songlap kuat..duhh

our political situation does not help also, if you are the ceo, would you allow ur data center to be placed in a country where "someone" can pay to get what he/she wants?

They are prepared to change and open up...Just like China last time.. Ang moh very likey

We.... Are also Changing... To be more arabnisation.... Angmoh expect donation,Arab is good at donation. Especially to usa. Angmoh also likey, but in a different ways.

You don't see everyone playing golf with Obama.

This post has been edited by wanted111who: Mar 19 2016, 10:42 AM

Vietnamese culture more close to Chinese. Hardworking and cunning. Unlike lazy tongkat.

It's OK as long as vietmoi hnnngh

Vietnam just right next to China.
There's a river separating both countries, so smuggling is quite rampant lulz


Because they strive to make more money while the locals here strive to have an easier life.
Anyway no point to invest here coz later also import cheap labor from viets....

Thosai mana?

aiya. Can't believe we miss out 30% of apple share like tat.


well


their lost

icould and itunes all stores there

everytime oso underwater cable problem

What's s so surprising? Even some of our local corporations use the services of Vietnamese IT expert.

when i look at there title vietnam > malaysia then i think about girls...

damn, waste my time click on it...

anyway, vietnam cost of operation is much more cheaper than malaysia...

is a fact. a problem with the cable and internet slow all over malaysia. Netflix also get downgraded to VCD quality. How can Apple build their servers here if the whole Southeast Asia complains Apple streaming service sucks because TM needs a month to *fix*?

Of course go to Vietnam lah.

Vietnam amoi is waifu material, cantik, simple minded, no princesses attitudes, hard working

This.

Vietchicks are way better than amois in Malaysia.

malaysia boleh!
burn the information on dvd.
use mat rempits to deliver.
sure fast.

price and mana cod .... oh wai

Tm ponya slowmyx pasal

Shake hand is cheap....
Decision on data centre location prove Vietnam could be the next hub for international company.

If u go Vietnam, they are hungry to move forward.
Meanwhile in MY, are we still moving forward or stagnant or going backward?

Spew anti-LGBT rhetoric back home and at the same time want Apple CEO to consider investing in Malaysia? Not gonna happen.

yeah..don't invest..no new projects.. no wonder your industry also not moving forward. going backwards instead

Invest Malaysia? Wait for DAP take over la.
1MDB NEWS oredi scared away so many investors, who wants to invest lagi?

yalo, syukur vietnam all fair.

no need have tidur freeloader share holder or random tongkat rules.

also vietnam have direct link cables to hongkong. most indo china countries connect to vietnam then to international line.

apple dun wan later banggala become data center technician, later siri can say taboulih inih maciam

This post has been edited by Cabin88: Mar 19 2016, 02:02 PM

It applies only to data centers only..
It makes more sense to build a data center in colder countries since cooling cost would be lower..
Probably R&D will still be here..

with 80 million population, they would be the Next Germany, version Asia..

Already broken in once lol

They won't become Germany. And I'm not belittling Vietnam. Many educated Vietnamese working in the west,

The reason why I said so:-

their communist government is preparing to adopt China policy. To open up their border. China is their role model,not German. Vietnamese choose to be China and not Germany.(and it's a compliment)

Second reason, in the eyes of Western world, Vietnam is just China replacement but with some degree of control, so another China will not emerged. They had implement laws (TPPA) to make sure Vietnamese do not steal their technology. They had protected their interest before they dump money there.

Third reason, western world isn't interested to develop Vietnam, they just there to make money. They just need the sufficient infrastructure, educated workforce to help them make money,they don't need the best. They want to keep Vietnam as a cheap labors hub for as long as possible, they don't need another R&D hub and certainly doesn't need another competitor in global scale after China.

Fourth reason, in case things doesn't look good, they have Malaysia as a backup. (yup, we are just a backup)

So it's impossible for Vietnam to be Germany, but I cannot say for sure, coz communist government can do whatever they want to do.

This post has been edited by wanted111who: Mar 19 2016, 03:06 PM

Seriously since najib leading msia I hvnt heard of any good news about msia ......seriously I don't know what is his contribution all these while ... I can't even think of one

I would say Apple had made a very good decision.

keyword: data center

so in terms of connectivity also we cannot fight with viets d.. mcm mau push msc?

oh y~

Few moree years u won't see viet coming here to work

Err, mrt? Owaii... Brim, ya brim.. Cukur.jpg

Tim Cook is gay.
Malaysia is a gay-hostile country.

Seems like the most valid reason is this...

Bagi la sikit muka, dia punye air muka sudah kosong .. Ko lagi nak bash dia, nanti kering air muka dia amacam?

Satu benda klu najib x songlap mmg msia akan turun salji

Well-analyzed! :thumbsup:

Too much songlap and red tapes in msia. And the data must be halal dan tak ada unsur2 khinzir.

Vietnam the little dragon has awaken

China too is looking towards them for next low cost hub since china us already nt cheap

Go and date a vietmoi and you'll know why.

Eh he makes Malaysia famous leh.

Data center is a booming industry

74 posts. None talked about the obvious stuff.

1. Many many Vietnamese in silicon valley and west coast usa results of vietnam war.

2. There are more Vietnamese than chinese in silicon valley.

3. They always wanted to go back to do something for their motherland,after dotcom bubble.

4. Now the infrastructure is ready.

So they go.back acting as middleman and upper management.

Obviously malaysia is a joke after 2010. We used to.be better in 2000.more competitive back than.

Now puak songlap and puak MC semakin berkuasa. So semakin lemah negara ini.


Korang tak pernah ke west coast ker?


Good la. Post more racist topic and post more PRC mocking topic la.

Lets see who is going to suffer more.

You mean like this, right?

why would apple want to open here?

open here, they must hire someone in the BOD and quota rules

why they want to waste money for those posts?

data center? it is cost driven for all the time. Malaysia used to win it because the cost of living here is cheap and our working level are competent with various of languages.

This post has been edited by ju146: Mar 19 2016, 06:00 PM

Lived in Orange County for a year. Little Saigon was a few blocks away.

Ya, there are lots of Vietnamese in the States. Still, they are outnumbered by Chinese (including Taiwanese).

Vietnamese Americans who invest in Vietnam normally will choose Ho Chi Minh City over Hanoi, because their kampung were in South Vietnam.

The effect of TPP. More US corporations are changing the investment destination to TPP nations.

The real bosses are doing their jobs now. While that delusional nation still bluffing about double digit fake growth number. They are nothing without the US corporations.

Malaysia?

lel

And you will starve without the farmers and fishermen.. what was your point again?

What was your point?

Other than trumpeting for the ruling regime because you get paid?

Didn't we all get paid. If Anwar got his way we would not even have Internet now. People would not be working in Cyberjaya. The LRT/Monorail would not exist. KLCC would not exist.

i wan go vietnam liao..

TPP are the new preferred destinations for American Corps. oversea investment.

TPP members:

Australia
Brunei
Canada
Chile
Malaysia
Mexico
New Zealand
Peru
Singapore
Vietnam <==== massive investment from the Apple, US to Vietnam
Japan

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) writes the rules for global trade, and I expect 'others' strongly jealous about it.

Even, non TPP nation is eager to join.

Investors shifting focus to TPP members: survey


source

TPP is the future global trade and commerce.

This post has been edited by CoolMorning: Mar 19 2016, 07:40 PM

Oh ya..
Guess we protex our integrity, so it's all good

My vietmoi also say don't want go Malaysia, stay in SG

I am good as long as there is KFC.

Malaysia on Vietnam's Heels

Malaysia research centre use bangla force donowant

OMG! look at 1:20....I never know they had change the Uncle Ho's statue at the HCMC city hall

Few years ago was this 1 below....I was there!

This post has been edited by titanz: Apr 1 2016, 05:37 PM


Attached thumbnail(s)

yeah they got a new statue for the celebration of the 125th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (last year)


http://www.talkvietnam.com/2015/05/uncle-h...-chi-minh-city/

0:51


This post has been edited by Milupa: Apr 1 2016, 05:42 PM

oh i see! no wonder la...on my 2nd trip to saigon (year 2014) the city hall was blocked / closed due to some renovation.Now I know why