A South Korean-owned shoemaker and supplier to Nike, Changshin Vietnam has suspended production at three of its factories near Ho Chi Minh City due to COVID-19 outbreak.

As per a report by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the company has shut factories in Dong Nai province, which employ nearly 42,000 workers, until July 20.

Vietnam has until recently successfully contained its coronavirus outbreaks, with limited disruption to its crucial manufacturing sector, which produces garments, footwear and electronics goods for some of the world's biggest brands.

The outbreak since late April has been more of a challenge, however, with record cases on many days this month, most of those in the commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City and its neighbouring industrial provinces of Dong Nai and Binh Duong.

The outbreak prompted Taiwan's Pou Chen Corp, which makes footwear for companies like Nike and Adidas, to suspend operations at its Ho Chi Minh City plant from Wednesday.

Eclat Textile Co, a Taiwan-based garment and fabric supplier, has suspended production at its Dong Nai plant until July 17, it told the Taipei stock exchange.

Vietnam has recorded 38,200 infections and 138 deaths overall, the vast majority of those since May.