Vietnam was reported at the first half of this year produced up to 107 million mobile phones. Market researcher Nakahara comments that Korea FPC plant Flexcom has 2 factories in Vietnam Bac Ninh, a major supplier of Samsung Electronics. The rest of FPC plants such as SI Flex, BH Flex and Daeduck GDS also have plants in Bac Ninh. Samsung Electronics will start producing rigid-flex PCB and HDI in a new plant in Bac Ninh. It seems there will be more South Korean PCB manufacturers to set up factories in Vietnam.
Vietnam PCB output value will exceed $ 1 billion soon. Meiko’s Vietnam plant, one of the HDI suppler of Samsung Electronics, has two HDI plant in Hanoi. Sumitomo Electric are also operating FPC plant in Hanoi. Other Japanese PCB manufacturers such as Fujitsu, Nitto Denko and Fujikura also set up factories in the vicinity of Ho Chi Minh City. Further more, there are many small and medium sized companies in South Vietnam.