The 16th Annual Global CSR Conference honors outstanding global individuals and businesses in the field of CSR & ESG (corporate social responsibility, environment, society and corporate governance). & ESG Summit & Awards 2024) is one of the global events on sustainable development.
At the event, Samsung was honored in 4 major categories: “Typical enterprise in improving knowledge and promoting education” (Platinum Rank), “Typical CSR Enterprise of Vietnam” (Gold Rank ), “Enterprises leading CSR and ESG” (Gold Rank) and “Typical projects for the community” (Bronze Rank).
The award is recognition for Samsung’s efforts in investment and development in Vietnam.
Currently, Samsung is giving Vietnam the highest corporate social responsibility budget among the countries in which this group invests. With the vision “Together for Tomorrow! Enabling People” (Together for tomorrow – Empowering everyone), Samsung is focusing on implementing activities to nurture the future generation of young people.
Typically, the Solve for Tomorrow contest aims to encourage students to apply knowledge of STEM education methods to come up with practical solutions for social problems and local communities. Deployed in Vietnam since 2019, after 5 years, Solve for Tomorrow has attracted the participation of more than 300,000 registered students and teachers, and received nearly 5,200 entries.
In addition, the Samsung Innovation Campus program is organized to develop high-tech capabilities in the fields of programming, artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), large databases ( Big Data)… for the young generation of Vietnam has also been implemented by Samsung.
After nearly 5 years of implementation, the program has provided courses such as C&P, AI, Big Data, IoT to nearly 6,500 lecturers and students from more than 40 educational institutions (including middle school, high school, and high school levels). Colleges and Universities). Up to now, the project has been present in 25 provinces and cities across the country.
In the coming time, Samsung will deploy the SIC program with the National Innovation Center (NIC) to improve training quality as well as expand the number of participants in the course, thereby realizing the goal. goal of training 50,000 semiconductor engineers by 2030 of Vietnam.
The School of Hope Project – Samsung Hope School with the mission of spreading knowledge, sharing vision and creating the future for the young generation of Vietnam is also one of Samsung’s key CSR projects.
The project contributes to improving living and learning conditions for local students in difficult circumstances; Through that, contributing to the development of local education, especially primary and secondary education.
To date, the project has been extended in many provinces and cities: Bac Ninh (2013), Thai Nguyen (2018), Bac Giang (2021), Lang Son (2022) and brought learning and development opportunities to more than 5,000 people. children in difficult circumstances. The School of Hope in Binh Phuoc has just officially started construction, expected to be completed in 2024.
Mr. Choi Joo Ho, General Director of Samsung Vietnam Complex said: “Samsung will try its best, not only to become “Vietnam’s largest FDI enterprise”, “Vietnam’s largest export contributor”. “but also the enterprise that puts the most effort into training technology talent in Vietnam, and continuously develops to become an enterprise that always accompanies the Vietnamese people.”
Officially present in Vietnam in 2008, after 16 years, Samsung is now the largest investor in Vietnam with a total investment capital of up to 22.4 billion USD.
Samsung currently has 6 factories, 1 Research and Development (R&D) center and 1 sales entity. Among them, SEV (Bac Ninh) and SEVT (Thai Nguyen) are Samsung’s two largest mobile phone factories globally; SEHC (Ho Chi Minh City) is the largest consumer electronics factory in Southeast Asia.
In particular, SRV – Samsung’s R&D Center in Vietnam, inaugurated in December 2022, is the strongest demonstration to help realize the commitment to elevate Vietnam beyond its role as a global manufacturing base, to become a global manufacturing base. Samsung’s top strategic base for R&D globally.
With the philosophy “People are the most important factor”, Samsung Vietnam always focuses on providing employees with outstanding benefits.
Prominent among them are a series of policies to create reasonable working and rest conditions for female employees, especially pregnant female employees and raising children under 12 months old; The dormitory area is fully equipped like a miniature “city”; High quality bus system transports thousands of employees every day to different localities; Medical Station and Psychological Consulting Center with experienced experts taking care of the physical and mental health of employees,…
The 16th annual conference honoring outstanding global individuals and businesses in the field of CSR & ESG attracted the participation of hundreds of guests and speakers who are influential leaders from various organizations. Government agencies, organizations, and businesses from many countries around the world.
The conference is a forum for parties to raise issues and challenges, thereby discussing and exploring typical ESG and CSR strategies, along with many environmentally friendly solutions and technologies.
T. Phong
