Danish toymaker Lego opens $1.3 bln Vietnam factory
Lego officially “opened the door” to its $1.3 billion Vietnam factory on February 3, the first working day after the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet), Klaus Gørrissen, project director at Lego Group, said Tuesday.
With the “state of the art” factory in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Duong, Lego set new benchmark on “how to build safer, cheaper, faster but without compromising quality,” the executive added on his LinkedIn.
The entrace to Lego factory in Binh Duong province, southern Vietnam. Photo courtesy of Klaus Gørrissen.
Construction of the project began in November 2022. The 44.8-hectare factory in VSIP III Industrial Park also serves eco-friendly targets, including the installation of 12,400 rooftop solar cells totaling 7.34 MWp, according to Lego. The factory is set to employ 4,000 people.
In May 2024, Lego COO Carsten Rasmussen told then Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang that the toymaker aims to inaugurate the Vietnam factory in April 2025. This is the toy giant’s sixth plant and first carbon-neutral facility. It is also Lego's largest overseas investment.
In November 2024, Lego said it had completed 90% of the construction and started trial production at the factory. The trial production has an annual capacity of 30,000 tons. It is set to take months to ensure official production can fulfill Lego’s strict requirements for its facilities worldwide.
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