Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, information technology and mobile communications, and device solutions businesses worldwide. The consumer electronics business division provides cable television, monitor, printer, airconditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, and medical devices. The information technology and mobile communications business division offers handheld products, communication systems, computers, and digital cameras. The device solutions business division comprises of memory, large scale of integrated circuit and Light Emitting Diode (LED). This study aims to determine the Thai government policies that led to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. moving production to Vietnam. This study will use analysis of four motivational companies to invest into a country. Four of the motivation is the resource seeking FDI, market seeking FDI, efficiency seeking FDI, and strategic assets seeking FDI. The method used in analyzing the data is qualitative. The method of data collection will use content analysis and historical research. Results from this study is there are some factors of Thai government policies that caused the Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. move production to Vietnam. There are two policies that the main reason is the tax policy and labor policy. Included in the tax policy reason for resource seeking FDI. Tax policy applied by Thailand was considered less favorable to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. although the tax rate in Thailand is lower, but Vietnam offers a variety of tax breaks such as tax holiday for 30 years to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. The second factor is the policy of wage labor in the efficiency seeking FDI. Labor policies applied by Thailand higher than Vietnam. To keep production costs down, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. prefer Vietnam to undertake the production.