After the Supreme Court struck down the emergency tariffs, how wide is the Vietnam vs China gap? Rod walks through the US duty layers, how Australia, the EU and the UK differ, labour costs, supply chain depth and a simple...
Read more >OEM or ODM, turnkey or consigned? Rod explains how contract manufacturing in Vietnam really works: the costs beyond the unit price, how to protect your IP and tooling, and the checks to run on a factory before you commit.
Read more >In Vietnam, “sourcing agent” covers three very different business models, and their incentives pull in opposite directions. Rod explains how commission agents, trading companies and independent sourcing partners...
Read more >Ask three Vietnamese factories for an FMCG price and you will get three quotes you cannot compare. Rod sets out the five things a real quotation needs from you, why the packaging rather than the product usually sets the MOQ,...
Read more >Vietnam’s strength in organic fabric isn’t weaving — it’s making-up. Rod breaks down what GOTS and OEKO-TEX actually certify, why the country’s dyeing capacity is the scarce link in the chain, and why buyers...
Read more >Vietnam is one of the few countries that can supply a construction project end-to-end — steel, cement, tile and glass — at export scale and international standard. This episode covers what you can realistically source...
Read more >Vietnam’s electronics exports topped $165 billion last year, but most of that belongs to Samsung’s own supply chain — not the independent PCB and contract-assembly factories that will actually quote your order....
Read more >Vietnam is now the largest steel producer in Southeast Asia and, in 2026, joined the world’s top ten — but “made in Vietnam” is a statement about where the material was transformed, not where the workshop...
Read more >The AANZFTA Second Protocol — the first major upgrade to the agreement in over a decade — entered into force for Vietnam in August 2025, and most importers still haven’t updated their paperwork to match. This episode...
Read more >Vietnam and Australia are linked by three overlapping free trade agreements — AANZFTA, the CPTPP, and RCEP — and importers routinely default to the wrong one, quietly overpaying duty or filing origin claims their goods...
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