Advantech announced a joint venture with TECHPRO — a Vietnamese systems integrator and Advantech partner — to create a subsidiary in Vietnam.   According to Chaney Ho, Advantech’s executive director, Vietnam is the first country in which the company has established a foothold as it aims to expand strategically into Southeast Asia this year. The rationale behind the company’s preference for Vietnam is that the country has implemented new open economic strategies in recent years, with its manufa...