HO CHI MINH CITY, Oct 1 — The world's largest jewellery brand showed off bracelet charms featuring Vietnam's national flag and a bowl of pho noodle soup as it opened a manufacturing centre in the country today, its first outside Thailand.

Danish company Pandora said the US$150 million (RM613 million) plant outside Ho Chi Minh City would create 7,000 local jobs and become the world's largest crafting facility for fine jewellery.

Workers craft jewellery at Pandora's new manufacturing plant in Ho Chi Minh City on October 1, 2026, as the world's biggest jewellery brand opened the facility it said will be able to produce up to 60 million pieces each year. — AFP pic Workers craft jewellery at Pandora's new manufacturing plant in Ho Chi Minh City on October 1, 2026, as the world's biggest jewellery brand opened the facility it said will be able to produce up to 60 million pieces each year. — AFP pic

The site will be able to produce up to 60 million pieces each year — increasing the company's capacity by 50 per cent, Pandora said.