Samsung to shift some smartphone production to Vietnam due to coronavirus

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Samsung to shift some smartphone production to Vietnam due to coronavirus

After another of its Korean staff tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing it to close a factory.

Samsung Electronics said on Friday that it would temporarily move some smartphone production to Vietnam from South Korea after another of its Korean staff tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing it to close a factory. A company spokeswoman said the group had suspended operations at its ...

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