Vietnam Wins Additional Investments From Samsung, LG

  • Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd SSNLF and LG Electronics Inc LGEIY LGEJY earmarked billions of dollars of additional investment into Vietnam.
  • Samsung Electronics, the largest single foreign investor in Vietnam, will raise its total investment to $20 billion from $18 billion, Reuters reports citing the Vietnamese government.
  • Samsung slashed smartphone production in Vietnam twice this year due to weaker global demand.
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  • Samsung has for years produced about 50% of its smartphones in Vietnam, accounting for nearly 20% of the country's overall exports.
  • The additional investment will further solidify Vietnam as Samsung's key production site following a meeting in Seoul between Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the company's CEO, Han Jong-hee.
  • LG also earmarked $4 billion more in the country to make it a smartphone camera production hub.
  • LG has invested $5.3 billion in Vietnam to make products like electronics, home appliances, cameras, and car parts.
  • Vietnam and South Korea upgraded their relations to a "comprehensive strategic partnership."
  • They aimed to raise bilateral trade to $100 billion next year and $150 billion a year by 2030, up from $78 billion last year.
  • Over the last decade, Vietnam has emerged as one of the electronics companies' most attractive production hubs.
  • China's COVID controls and the regulatory clampdown on tech giants proved to be a deal breaker for the country as companies shifted production to convenient territories.
  • A collective outcry from people across China against its COVID controls led to partial redemption from China's government.
  • Nationwide protests translated into gradual ease in restrictions signaling possible economic reopening as it treaded into the fourth year of the pandemic.
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