Samsung under pressure as US tariffs rattle S Korean economy

VIETNAM, Apr 10 (AFP): Sipping tea on her break outside a Samsung Electronics factory in northern Vietnam, worker Nguyen Thi Mai said she had heard about US 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-per cent tariff threat on the country sent shockwaves through the South Korean giant's supply chains.

"We don't understand much about macro issues," 27-year-old Mai told AFP.