By Heekyong Yang, Hyunjoo Jin and Francesco Guarascio
SEOUL/HANOI (Reuters) - When Samsung Electronics (KS:005930) chairman Jay Y. Lee met Vietnam’s prime minister in July, he had a simple message to convey.
"Vietnam’s success is Samsung’s success, and Vietnam’s development is Samsung’s development," Lee told Pham Minh Chinh, pledging long-term investment to make the country its biggest manufacturing base for display products.