Nhac Nguyen

2 weeks ago | japantoday.com | Nhac Nguyen |Hieun Shin

Sipping tea on her break outside a Samsung Electronics factory in northern Vietnam, worker Nguyen Thi Mai said she had heard about U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, but hoped it would not affect business. Samsung, the world's second-largest phone maker, produces around half of its handsets in Vietnam, and Trump's threat to impose a 46-percent tariff threat on the country sent shockwaves through the South Korean giant's supply chains.