Workers at Samsung Electronics and other factories in Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam, begin COVID-19 vaccinations

Samsung Bac Ninh Factory in Vietnam

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] Samsung Electronics and other Samsung affiliates operating in Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam, have started vaccinating local factory workers.

According to Samsung Electronics and foreign media on the 2nd, vaccination began the day before for employees working at three Samsung affiliates in Bac Ninh Province: Samsung Electronics' mobile phone factory, Samsung Display, and Samsung SDI. The vaccination target is 15,000 people.

Samsung Electronics' mobile phone factory in Bac Ninh Province employs about 20,000 workers, Samsung Display about 25,000, and Samsung SDI about 2,400. Vaccinations are not for all employees but are conducted according to the vaccine quantities allocated by Bac Ninh Province to each company.

The vaccine used is AstraZeneca, provided by the Vietnamese central government. Samsung stated, "It is difficult to procure vaccines at the private company level." However, the Vietnamese central government recently announced plans to establish a vaccine purchase fund with support from private companies. They have allocated resources worth $1.1 billion (approximately 1.2317 trillion KRW) to secure a total of 150 million vaccine doses and have requested assistance from local companies.

When two local employees tested positive on the 11th of last month at Samsung Electronics' Bac Ninh mobile phone factory, the company conducted overnight diagnostic tests for all employees working in the production facility where those employees were assigned and covered all related costs. Currently, about half of Samsung Electronics' annual smartphone shipments are produced at the Bac Ninh factory.

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