Samsung unions voted in favor of deal that will give chip workers $400,000 in bonuses

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Samsung workers approve pay deal, shares surge Samsung plans to invest $1.5 bln in Vietnam chip testing plant, Reuters reports Samsung Electronics plans to invest 39 trillion dong ($1.5 billion) in Vietnam to build a semiconductor testing plant, its proposal document showed, an expansion that will help ease a global shortage of memory chips driven by surging AI demand. It would be Samsung's first chip testing factory in Vietnam. Robust memory chip demand from AI data center operators has severely constrained supplies to industries such as smartphones, laptops and automobiles.