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Samsung Electronics is expanding its semiconductor operations in Southeast Asia with plans to invest nearly 39 trillion Vietnamese dong, or about $1.5 billion, in a new semiconductor testing facility in Vietnam. According to proposal documents reviewed by Reuters, the South Korean technology giant has already started construction on the factory, which is located roughly 60 kilometers north of Hanoi in Thai Nguyen province.
The new Samsung semiconductor plant is expected to begin operations in November 2027 and will become the company’s first chip testing factory in Vietnam. The investment highlights Samsung’s strategy to strengthen its semiconductor supply chain amid a global memory chip shortage fueled by increasing demand from artificial intelligence applications and AI data centers.
The Vietnam facility will reportedly focus on testing legacy memory chips, including DRAM and NAND products. While advanced AI chips continue to dominate industry attention, mature memory chips remain in short supply because major manufacturers are prioritizing high-performance AI semiconductor production. Samsung’s new factory aims to help stabilize supply for industries such as smartphones, laptops, and automotive electronics.
According to the proposal, the factory will have an annual production capacity of approximately 153.3 billion gigabits of DRAM chips and 255.6 billion gigabits of NAND flash memory chips. Samsung has not publicly commented on the project details or investment timeline.
Vietnam continues to emerge as a major semiconductor back-end manufacturing hub, attracting global companies including Intel, Amkor Technology, and Hana Micron. Samsung is already the country’s largest foreign investor, with more than $23 billion committed across various manufacturing operations.
The new semiconductor testing plant could further strengthen Vietnam’s role in the global chip supply chain while supporting Samsung’s long-term semiconductor growth strategy driven by rising AI and electronics demand.
