Bac Ninh businesses keep standards to stay in global value chain

Updated: 07:19, 14/02/2026

BAC NINH - As the Lunar New Year approaches, production lines across Bac Ninh’s industrial parks, including Yen Phong, Que Vo, Thuan Thanh, Van Trung and Dinh Tram, continue to run at full speed. Factory lights remain on around the clock and forklifts move constantly as manufacturers enter the new year maintaining steady output and meeting delivery commitments.

Bac Ninh’s role in global supply chains has been shaped by major foreign investors such as Samsung, Foxconn, Goertek and Canon.

The production lines under the global supply chain of FDI enterprises.

But the resilience of those chains increasingly depends on a dense layer of suppliers that operate close to production lines, helping retain more value locally through networks of vendors providing moulds, materials, packaging, logistics and inspection services.

Samsung’s operations in Bac Ninh remain a central pillar. Seventeen years after launching its first mobile phone project at Yen Phong Industrial Park with an initial registered investment of 670 million USD, Samsung’s total investment in the province has exceeded 11 billion USD.

In 2025, exports from Samsung’s Bac Ninh factories continued to account for a large share of the province’s total export value.

To meet increasingly demanding production requirements, Samsung has expanded cooperation with domestic firms alongside foreign vendors.

The group has rolled out programmes to improve manufacturing capacity, quality control and mould engineering skills, aiming to raise localisation rates and retain more value-added activities in Vietnam.

To meet global supply-chain requirements and scale up sustainably, Vietnamese companies must upgrade themselves to meet specific standards. Above all, product quality must be stable and fully traceable through transparent records, data and processes. Equally critical is strict adherence to timelines, with on-time delivery becoming a matter of survival, particularly under lean manufacturing models.

Running in parallel is what officials describe as the “Foxconn ecosystem”. In 2025, revenue at Foxconn factories in Bac Ninh rose 83% from a year earlier.

Output of computer components surged nearly eightfold, while laptop and iPad production increased more than 2.6 times year on year.

At Que Vo Industrial Park, Goertek has also continued to expand, operating four companies in the province with total registered capital exceeding 1.3 billion USD.

The group employs nearly 70,000 workers, driving demand for logistics, technical services, worker housing and accommodation for experts.

Beyond the major multinationals, the strength of Bac Ninh’s value chain also lies with smaller domestic suppliers. In 2025, five companies in northern Vietnam were selected to participate more deeply in global supply chains, including two based in Bac Ninh: An Lap Plastic Co Ltd at Dai Dong–Hoan Son Industrial Park and AMA Holding JSC at the expanded Yen Phong Industrial Park.

Industry executives say joining a global supply chain is difficult, but maintaining a position is even harder as standards continue to rise and competition remains intense. Experience from supporting industries shows there are no shortcuts, only consistent compliance with strict requirements.

Pressure from global supply chains is pushing Vietnamese supporting industries to upgrade faster. Many firms are shifting from manual management to digital systems, deploying enterprise resource planning platforms to track orders and inventories.

Others are using artificial intelligence to detect defects in visual inspections, or integrating sensors and internet-of-things technologies into measurement and testing processes to stabilise quality.

“These upgrades are not about appearing modern,” said one local manager. “They are about meeting delivery schedules and increasingly stringent quality demands.”

Tran Thi Thu Trang, Chief Executive of Hanel PT New Technology JSC at Tien Son Industrial Park and Chairwoman of the Bac Ninh Industrial Manufacturing Association, said Vietnamese companies must raise standards across the board to secure a place in global supply chains.

That includes ensuring consistent product quality, transparent finances, competitive pricing and the capacity to scale up, with research and development and technology transformation playing a decisive role.

She added that industry associations and local authorities should act as bridges, translating international standards into concrete weekly and monthly tasks, while connecting experienced firms with newcomers to help them integrate into supply chains more quickly.

Duong Hoan