Hanoi, Dec. 25 -- After more than a decade of robust expansion, Vietnam's electrical and electronics (E&E) industry is approaching a critical juncture, with growing momentum to move past its traditional role as an assembly base and secure a stronger foothold in global value chains.

An electronics manufacturing powerhouse

Over the past ten years, the E&E sector has become one of Vietnam's most dynamic growth engines, drawing substantial inflows of high-quality foreign direct investment (FDI) from multinational corporations. This wave of investment has helped pull domestic firms into global supply chains and strengthen local manufacturing capacity.

Bolstered by tens of billions of US dollars in FDI, Vietnam's production and export capabi...