Foxconn aims to produce unmanned aerial vehicles, Xbox consoles in northern Vietnam province Bac Ninh

Fushan Technology (Vietnam) LLC, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based electronics giant Foxconn, plans to add unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and Xbox gaming consoles to its production portfolio under a VND8,354 billion ($316.74 million) project in Bac Ninh province.

The company has recently submitted an application for expanding the Fushan Technology (Vietnam) Factory project at the VSIP Bac Ninh Industrial Park.

According to project documents, the firm will produce, process, and assemble UAVs with a capacity of 100,000 units per year, unchanged from the latest approved environmental permit. UAV production was originally scheduled to begin in Q2/2025 under the 2011 investment certificate.

Fushan also seeks to increase its mobile phone output by 30 million units to 140 million units per year. It also proposes an additional capacity of 180,000 electronic devices, including charging accessories for smart wearables such as rings, bracelets, and watches.

The company plans to add annual capacity for 4.8 million Xbox consoles, peripherals, spare parts, and other electronic devices. According to Fushan, most raw materials will continue to be sourced from China.

Beyond manufacturing, the factory will repair and maintain both its own products and those made by Foxconn’s clients, including phones, computers, peripherals, electronics and telecommunications equipment, and a variety of home electronics such as air conditioners, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, microwave ovens, stoves, dishwashers, and water heaters.

By the end of September 2025, the factory had produced 61.46 million products, equivalent to about 50.2% of the designed capacity for the approved phase-2 expansion.

As of September 2024, Fushan Technology (Vietnam) had a charter capital of VND2,982 billion ($113.06 million), with Chinese national Chen Hsiao Wu serving as CEO.

The Fushan Technology (Vietnam) Factory was initially invested by Nokia Vietnam Co., Ltd. and its environmental impact assessment (EIA) was approved on June 15, 2011, by the Bac Ninh Industrial Zones Authority.

It was completed in 2013, and environmental protection facilities for its operational phase were certified by the then provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment (now Department of Agriculture and Environment) on April 11, 2014.

The company was renamed Microsoft Mobile Vietnam in 2014 before becoming Fushan Technology (Vietnam) LLC in 2017.

In 2023, to meet the need for additional production lines for electronic devices such as Xbox consoles, computer equipment, audio devices, wearables, telecommunications electronics, optical devices, electrical equipment and consumer electronics, the company prepared its second EIA report for phases 1, 2, and 3, which was approved by the then Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (now the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment).

After that, the company completed the required facilities according to the approved EIA and proceeded with obtaining environmental permits for each phase, including the first permit (for phases 1 and 2) and the second permit (for the expanded phase 2) in 2024 and June 2025, respectively.

According to the environmental permit application submitted to the Bac Ninh Department of Agriculture and Environment, by October 2025, due to the need for additional production lines and adjustments to exhaust treatment systems and waste storage, the company has initiated procedures to obtain the third environmental permit for phase 3.

Accordingly, the factory will install three new production lines, bringing the total to 38 lines across three workshops. Once completed, the factory’s annual production capacity will reach 198.23 million units.

By October 2025, workshops 2 and 3 have been completed, each with over 40,000 cubic meters of floor space, and installation of production lines is underway. Phase 3 is expected to involve installation from October 2025 to January 2026, trial operation from January-March 2026, and full operation from April 2026.

The main products of phase 3 include mobile phones, smart wearables (smartwatches, rings), and electronic devices. At full capacity, the company expects to employ 35,820 staff.

In Bac Ninh, Foxconn has several other subsidiaries contributing significantly to the province’s exports and GDP. In 2024, its revenue in the former Bac Giang province (now part of Bac Ninh after the July 1, 2025 merger) reached more than VND268 trillion ($10.16 billion), up 70% from 2023, with exports exceeding $11 billion and tax payments over VND550 billion ($20.85 million).

According to the latest data, companies within Foxconn’s ecosystem saw strong revenue growth in the first nine months of this year despite impacts from new U.S. tariff policies.