Meta will produce its Quest 3S next-generation VR and AR headsets in Vietnam

The announcement comes as Vietnam seems to spice up its attractiveness as a vacation spot for funding by the world’s greatest firms and a key a part of the worldwide provide chain.

Talking at a tech convention in Hanoi, Meta’s international affairs president Nick Clegg stated the agency would deal with the manufacturing of the Quest 3S headset within the Southeast Asian nation.

“We will, with our local partners, be manufacturing them here in Vietnam, and we estimate that this will create well over 1,000 new jobs,” he stated.

Communist Vietnam — lengthy a low-cost vacation spot to make garments, footwear and furnishings — is  eyeing a speedy climb up the worldwide provide chain and final week the federal government stated Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to speculate $1.5 billion within the nation.

Vietnam’s high chief To Lam used a visit to New York final month to satisfy bosses from Apple, Meta and IT agency Supermicro.

He additionally met President Joe Biden, a 12 months after the US chief made a high-profile state go to to Vietnam to spice up diplomatic and commerce ties.

Vietnam is especially intent on creating its capabilities within the profitable chip business, with international provide chain shocks and fears about US reliance on China for key sources boosting funding there.

Meta’s Fb is extensively utilized in Vietnam and Clegg stated the nation was among the many international leaders in utilizing its Messenger platform “not just to send messages to family and friends, but actually communicate with businesses and so foster trade and commerce across the country”.

However Fb has additionally confronted criticism from human rights teams lately for blocking content material deemed unlawful by the nation’s authorities.

Fb is a well-liked platform for activists in Vietnam, the place all impartial media is banned.