LG Electronics to shift TV production in Thailand to Vietnam

MOVING HOUSE: The group wants to have one regional base with new machines for TV production comparable with those at its South Korean plants, and considers Vietnam to be the best place, said the exec.

BANGKOK: South Korea's LG Electronics Inc, the world's second largest television maker after Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, will soon shift its TV production in Thailand to Vietnam for logistical ease and efficiency, said a top executive at its Thai unit. 

The group wants to have one regional base with new machines for TV production comparable with those at its South Korea plants, Nipon Wongsaengarunsri, marketing director of LG Electronics (Thailand) Co, told Reuters in a telephone interview late on Monday.