Samsung invests US$1.8 billion more in Vietnam for Oled manufacturing plant

SOUTH Korean electronic manufacturer Samsung Display plans to invest US$1.8 billion for a factory this year in northern Vietnam to produce Oled displays for automobiles and technology equipment, the South-east Asian country said on Sunday (Sep 22).

The new facility for the manufacture of organic light-emitting diode (Oled) displays will be located in Yen Phong industrial park in Bac Ninh province east of Hanoi and close to an existing Samsung electronics plant, the government said in a statement released after the meeting between Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the general director of Samsung Vietnam Choi Joo Ho.

Bac Ninh authorities and Samsung Display on Sunday also signed a memorandum of understanding of the project, local media reported, adding the investment would raise Samsung’s total investment in Bac Ninh to US$8.3 billion from the current US$6.5 billion.

Vietnam has over the last decade emerged as one of the most attractive production hubs for electronics companies.

According to Choi, Samsung has established six manufacturing plants, one research and development centre, and one sales entity in Vietnam, with a cumulative investment of US$22.4 billion. REUTERS