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FPT, among the largest tech firms in Vietnam Vietnam, and South Korea's NAVER Cloud will jointly develop and sell artificial-intelligence (AI) services across Asia-Pacific.

LS Eco Energy, under South Korean chaebol LS Group, will establish a subsidiary in Vietnam to produce rare-earth samarium metal for defense and high-tech uses.

South Korea's Samsung and five affiliates will invest a combined $1 billion in Helix Digital Infrastructure, an AI-infrastructure company set up by private-equity firm KKR.

South Korea's Samsung Electro-Mechanics will invest KRW6.78 trillion won ($4.9 billion) to expand production of chip-packaging substrates in South Korea and Vietnam, its biggest bet yet on components for AI processors.

South Korea's LG Electronics has joined NVIDIA's partner network as a preferred supplier of power and cooling systems for AI data centers.

South Korea's ITM Semiconductor recovered about KRW3.5 billion ($2.47 million) out of an employee embezzlement worth KRW13.2 billion at its Vietnamese subsidiary ITM Semiconductor Vietnam.

France's Mistral, an AI platform for enterprises, has raised €3 billion ($3.5 billion) in a Series D round led by South Korea's Samsung Electronics, in the largest equity funding round by a European technology company.

South Korea's chaebol Samsung Electronics posted consolidated revenue of $205.6 billion for the first half of 2026, up 98.7 percent year on year, according to its semi-annual reported filed with the Korea Exchange (KRX).

Hyundai Thanh Cong, a Vietnam-Korea joint venture that assembles Hyundai vehicles in Vietnam, held a ceremony last Friday to mark the first shipments of Vietnam-made Hyundai cars to Mexico and Australia, part of a plan to export 15,280 units in 2026.

More restrictive digital regulations in South Korea could reduce startup formation by 8 percent, equivalent to 130 fewer startups per year, and cut venture capital (VC) investment by 10 percent, or ₩1.3 trillion ($910 million) less annually.