Last year, a series of fires in the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices slammed the brakes on production in the plants located in the provinces of Bac Ninh and Thai Nguyen from which 30% of the company’s global phone production takes place.The drop of Samsung’s sales was a significant factor in causing the gross domestic product of Vietnam to slow to 5.1% on-year for the first quarter, the lowest in three years.In addition, the fall in Samsung’s sales was a key factor in the country’s trade balance sliding deeper into the red and the industrial sector growth rate dipping to 3.85%, a six-year low.Slowdowns in oil and coal development were two other major areas where growth faltered as well.