In an incident that has recently been publicised, in early January, thousands of construction workers building a large Samsung's production factory in Vietnam's northern Thai Nguyen province clashed with security guards and police. These clashes resulted in 13 people been injured, with four critically. The clash was sparked by a dispute between a worker and security guards over identification, but the scale of the rioting would demonstrate that there was already deep frustrations among the workers. Samsung Electronics, as with many other large electronics firms, has invested heavily in Vietnam due to lower labour costs than neighbouring China.
In an incident that has recently been publicised, in early January, thousands of construction workers building a large Samsung's production factory in Vietnam's northern Thai Nguyen province clashed with security guards and police. These clashes resulted in 13 people been injured, with four critically. The clash was sparked by a dispute between a worker and security guards over identification, but the scale of the rioting would demonstrate that there was already deep frustrations among the workers. Samsung Electronics, as with many other large electronics firms, has invested heavily in Vietnam due to lower labour costs than neighbouring China.
