Japan’s Sony Corp, Toshiba Corp and Hitachi Ltd will merge their liquid-crystal display operations using $2.6 billion of government-backed funds to fend off growing competition from rivals in South Korea and Taiwan. The merged entity will be the world’s largest maker of small panels used in smartphones and tablet PCs, leapfrogging leaders Sharp Corp of Japan and Samsung Electronics... 

Many foreign investors in hi-tech industries, especially multinational companies, are continuing to pour money into Vietnam even though the world’s economy has yet to completely recover from the global financial crisis. Here are some of the big movers and shakers who have invested in the country. Hi-tech investors tap Vietnam Wintek Corporation, a Taiwanese manufacturer of touch screens for Apple... 

On December 12, Taiwan’s Wintek Corporation will sign a land leasing contract with the Saigon Bac Giang Industrial Zone Joint Stock Company to lease 60 hectares for its $150 million plant in the Quang Chau Industrial Zone. Wintek’s plant, its first in Vietnam, will manufacture touch screen and be put into operation within 2011 to manufacture touch screen for high-end products of Iphone and Ipad. Wintek...