Seoul, Dec 21 (TIWN) Samsung Electronics' Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong left for Vietnam on Wednesday to attend an opening ceremony of a research and development (R&D) centre there.

Jae-yong left for Vietnam on Wednesday to attend an opening ceremony of a research and development (R&D) centre there.  Samsung Electronics began building the $220 million R&D centre in Hanoi in March 2020, in what the tech giant said would be the largest R&D facility in Southeast Asia.  "The R&D centre will open soon," he told reporters at Seoul Gimpo Business Aviation Center, west of Seoul, earlier in the day. He did not answer questions about his exact itinerary or other investment plans, reports Yonhap news agency.  Samsung Group's de facto leader was accompanied by other senior executives, including Roh Tae-moon, president and head of mobile business at Samsung Electronics, and Choi Joo-sun, president and CEO of Samsung Display.