CompaniesSamsung Galaxy faces delays on Vietnam entry limit
Company's focused investment in Southeast Asian nation backfires
A Samsung smartphone plant in Bac Ninh Province in northern Vietnam. The South Korean company operates two huge smartphone factories in the Southeast Asian country. (Photo by Tomoya Onishi)
KOTARO HOSOKAWA, Nikkei staff writer
SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics has been hit hard by Vietnam's restrictions on travel from South Korea, fueling concerns that production of the latest Galaxy Note smartphones will fall behind schedule in the technology giant's biggest manufacturing hub outside its home country.