PM attends Samsung mobile factory inauguration

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended the inaugural ceremony of the Samsung mobile phone factory in the Yen Phong industrial zone in northern Bac Ninh province on Oct. 28.

The facility is among seven factories built by the Samsung group with the world’s most advanced technology and closed production lines. The factory is designed to have a monthly production capacity of 1.5 million pieces in 2009 and create jobs for 2,500 workers.

Its capacity is expected to increase to 6 million pieces and 8,000 jobs in 2010 and then to 9 million pieces and 12,000 jobs in 2011.

The factory’s operation will contribute to socio-economic development in Bac Ninh province as well as the country as a whole, PM Dung said at the ceremony.

He affirmed that the government will create favourable conditions for the Samsung Vietnam Electronics Co. to manufacture products and successfully operate in Vietnam.

He urged the company to carry out the localisation programme to which it has committed.

The Yen Phong industrial zone covers an area of 340 hectares with a total investment capital of 990 billion VND by the Vietnam Glass and Ceramics for Construction Company (Viglacera). Thanks to synchronous infrastructure system, 25 domestic and foreign investors have rented 180 out of 220 industrial land, reaching an occupancy rate of 82 percent.

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