Category: Electronics

Over the past decade, Vietnam has attracted significant investments from global electronics giants such as Samsung, LG, and Intel, which have established large production facilities here. They have also helped to develop Vietnam’s electronics manufacturing industry which, in turn, is now attracting even greater investment, the aforementioned circuit board factory, for example…

Vietnam’s exports of computers, electrical products, and spare parts and components thereof, climbed by 14.5 percent in August over July from US$5.9 billion to US$6.76 billion. Vietnam’s electronics exports for the year now stand at US$46.4 billion which is an increase 28.9 percent over the same period last year…

This is a significant development in that Samsung accounts for a huge portion of Vietnam’s exports in dollar value terms. At times this has been as high as 20 percent though this is slowly coming down as more manufacturing firms set up shop in Vietnam…

TCL has had a presence in Vietnam since 1999. Its headquarters in the country are in Binh Duong, next door to Ho Chi Minh City, on which the firm has spent US$45 million and at which it employs 2000 staff. The facility is expected to make an estimated 6 million units this year most of which are destined for the US market. In this context, this trade investigation in the US could have a significant, adverse impact on Vietnam, depending on the outcome.

Samsung exported US$33.5 billion worth of product from Vietnam in the first seven months of the year. This is the equivalent of around 14.73 percent of Vietnam’s total exports and about 46.42 percent of Vietnam’s exports of mobile phones and computers…

Of note, in June, Vietnam’s phone and component exports surged 18.4 percent month-on-month, reaching nearly US$4.75 billion.This robust growth has solidified Vietnam’s position as the world’s second-largest exporter of smartphones and components.

This investment aligns with a broader trend of Taiwanese manufacturers diversifying their supply chains by expanding operations in ASEAN, especially into Vietnam. In addition to Foxconn, other Taiwanese electronics giants such as Pegatron, Compal, and Wistron have also established manufacturing facilities in the country…

Of note, in 2013, Trang Due Industrial Park, where the complex is located, gained official approval from the Prime Minister to become part of the Dinh Vu-Cat Hai Economic Zone giving the park access to government incentives only offered to approved Economic Zones. For example, firms in the past have been eligible to pay no taxes for the first four years, and a ten percent tax rate for the following 15 years. That said, in response to the OECD’s Global Minimum Tax initiative, Vietnam’s National Assembly passed Resolution 107 late last year, which will see multinational companies paying less than 15 percent tax, required to make up the difference via a top up the tax mechanism…

Driven by the US-China trade war and political tensions, Taiwanese tech companies like Wistron have been diversifying out of China and increasing their investments in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam. Other major Taiwanese Apple suppliers like Foxconn and Pegatron, for example. There are a number of reasons for this…

Samsung has said it intends to invest an additional US$1 billion a year in its operations in Vietnam. This will add to the US$22.4 billion already invested in the country by Samsung.  The arrival of Samsung back in 2008 heralded a significant shift in the manufacturing sector with the South