VietNamNet Bridge - BKAV, the manufacturer of BPhone, the first Vietnam-made smartphone which made its debut recently, said BPhones were being made at a factory in Cau Giay District in Hanoi. The company said it would invite reporters to visit the factory in the near future.



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Vietnamese users now can see an actual BPhone, and only need several days to get the BPhone they ordered. However, they still doubt the high-tech product is made in Vietnam.

At the BPhone launching ceremony on May 26, BKAV showed a video clip about the BPhone production process. However, it did not clarify where the factory was located.

This once again has raised doubts that BKAV does not have a factory in Vietnam and that BPhone, like other phones bearing Vietnamese brands, are made overseas and then imported to Vietnam for domestic sale.

Do Thi Thu Hang, BKAV’s Public Relation Director, has said that BKAV was planning to invite reporters to visit the factory in Cau Giay district in Hanoi.

“We have realized that the mass media and those who are interested in BPhone really want to visit the factory and we will organize an excursion for them,” Hang said.

According to Hang, the factory in Cau Giay can churn out tens of thousands of products a month. 

Meanwhile, BKAV is getting ready for the 2.3 hectare production base in the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park. If the demand for BPhone is high, BKAV will increase the production capacity to hundreds of thousands of products a month.

When asked how many Vietnamese parts are in a BPhone, Hang said: “BPhone is a smartphone designed by BKAV and made in Vietnam.”

The appearance, mechanical engineering, electronics and software design all were conducted at BKAV’s headquarters. 

In general, Hang said, the BPhone production process is just like Apple’s. However, while Apple outsources all phases of the production to its partners, BKAV implements some of the phases.

While reporters are still waiting for BKAV’s promise to organize a tour to BPhone factory, the reporters of An Ninh Tien Te have visited the factory.

“The place which is believed to be the BPhone factory is located on a small alley surrounded by car sale showrooms,” the newspaper reported.

It is a house that looks like a workshop located at No 99 Pham Hung Road, situated between Quoc Binh and Thai Hoc car showrooms. The sign that shows it is BKAV’s factory is a board with the word “SmartHome” erected between the two showrooms.

Bkav said it has received more orders for its Bphone smartphone than expected after it started to sell the first made-in-Vietnam phone online last week.

HCM City has the largest number of Bphone smartphone buyers, followed by Hanoi, Da Nang, Nghe An and Quang Ninh.

The company plans to start delivering Bphone smartphones to the first customers from next week and those who booked it later will have to wait two to three weeks.

CV