Samsung said that the main reason for merging the two R&D centers is the relaxation of relations between South Korea and Japan, hoping to establish a new semiconductor and display R&D center in Japan.

Samsung has also set up a new comprehensive research center for Device eXperience, the device experience department, in the name of “Samsung Research Japan” in Japan. Samsung hopes to enhance comprehensive development capabilities by reorganizing R&D organizations related to device solutions.

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The R&D center has now been completed and Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong will visit Vietnam this week to celebrate the achievement, arriving in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi, the Korea Herald reported.

According to reports, Samsung’s new R&D center in Hanoi, Vietnam covers an area of 11,603 square meters. The building has nineteen floors, including three underground floors, with a total construction area of 79,522 square meters. After completion, it will become Samsung’s largest R&D center in Southeast Asia. Samsung is expected to conduct research and development of smartphones, tablets, hardware and software at the R&D center. The research and development center will also employ up to 3,000 people.

Samsung currently has 17 R&D centers around the world, including Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Turkey, the Philippines, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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According to a report by Yonhap News Agency today citing South Korean financial sources, Lee Jae-yong will return to the front line of management by attending the groundbreaking ceremony of the R&D park at the warehung park in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province on the 19th. The R&D center groundbreaking ceremony is Lee Jae-Yong’s first public trip after his return to power, where he will meet with Samsung Electronics’ president in charge of the semiconductor division, Kyung Gye Hyeon, and other senior executives.

According to Yonhap News Agency, this is the first time that Samsung Electronics has built a new R&D center in the country after 8 years since 2014, and the R&D center will be in charge of NAND flash memory, foundry, system chips and other new technology development. Yonhap News Agency predicted that Lee Jae-Yong will use the groundbreaking ceremony as an opportunity to further activate his frontline management activities. In the future, Lee Jae-Yong will inspect the semiconductor production line, Samsung Digital Plaza and other marketing lines, and actively communicate with corporate officers and employees.

After receiving the pardon, Lee Jae-Yong had said, “I am really thankful that I was given a chance to make a fresh start. To fulfill my duties as a businessman, I will work harder and help the economy by creating more jobs for young people.”

In addition, after being pardoned, Lee Jae-Yong has gone to Samsung Electronics headquarters to take stock of frontline business affairs and to appear in court on Samsung’s case involving accounting fraud and improper mergers.

Lee Jae-Yong was promoted to vice president in the personnel transfer at the end of 2012. There is a view that Lee Jae-Yong will be promoted to president on Samsung’s anniversary of the founding of Samsung Electronics on November 1 this year.

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