According to information from the Korean news site Thelec , Samsung is planning to build a new smartphone manufacturing plant in Vietnam. If the proposal is approved, Samsung Electronics will have a total of three smartphone factories in Vietnam.

Currently Samsung has two smartphone manufacturing plants in Vietnam, located in Bac Ninh and Thai Nguyen. Photo: Samsung .

Samsung's first factory in Vietnam was located in Bac Ninh province, which came into operation in 2009. The Korean company continued to expand its factory in Bac Ninh, before building a second factory in Thailand. Original.

At present, the annual capacity of these two plants is about 120 million. The third plant is expected to have a capacity of 60-120 million phones a year.

In July, Samsung launched its largest handset maker in Uttar Pradesh, India. With a total area of ​​more than 32.5 hectares, the new plant has a capacity of 120 million smartphones per year, from low-cost phones to high-end models.

Last July, the company also inaugurated the world's largest handset factory with a capacity of 120 million units per year in India. Photo: Reuters .

According to information from Korea, Samsung wants to open more factories in Vietnam in the context of the company is closing factories in China.

In August, media reports indicated that Samsung wanted to discontinue smartphone production at its Tianjin plant. The company also has another factory in Huizhou. The total annual capacity of the two plants is about 100 million units per year.

The Korean news agency said that the third plant could be opened in Vietnam to replace the shutdowns of Samsung factories in China. Photo: Getty .

In the past few years, Samsung's share of smartphone sales in China has fallen sharply to less than 1%. Speaking to the media, Samsung representatives said they are focusing on increasing the efficiency of the Tianjin plant.

Thelec said that the Vietnamese government can provide supportive policies so Samsung is determined to invest in a third plant in Vietnam. The plant will focus on producing low-cost, mid-range phones for markets such as South East Asia, South Korea and India.

Samsung Vietnam owns four factories including Samsung Electronics Vietnam (SEV), Samsung Display Vietnam (SDV) in Bac Ninh and Samsung Electronics Vietnam CEE (SEVT) in Samsung Electronics Vietnam (SEVT) in HCMC.

Of these, SEV and SEVT are two smartphone manufacturers, SDV is responsible for the screen and SEHC manufactures household appliances.