Vietnam Allows Entry for 186 Samsung Engineers

[Asia Economy Reporter Changhwan Lee] The Vietnamese government has granted an exemption from the 14-day facility quarantine related to COVID-19 for Samsung Display engineers.

According to industry sources on the 13th, an Asiana Airlines charter flight carrying 186 Samsung Display engineers departed Incheon Airport at 9 a.m. and is en route to Van Don Airport in Quang Ninh Province, northern Vietnam.

The flight is scheduled to arrive at Van Don Airport at 3 p.m. Korean time. Van Don Airport is designated by Vietnamese authorities as the landing site for flights from Korea instead of Hanoi Airport, and it is about a three-hour drive from Hanoi.

Samsung Display employees are reported to be separated from other workers at the factory in Bac Ninh Province, northern Vietnam, where they will carry out modification work on the flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) module production line.

The Samsung Display employees entering this time are part of approximately 700 engineers for whom Samsung urgently requested entry permission, and Ambassador Park Nowan to Vietnam stated that additional entries will be made sequentially in the future.

Meanwhile, it is also known that the entry issues of engineers from other Korean companies operating locally, such as LG Display, are being actively reviewed.

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