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AI Agents in logistics: from task support to supply chain coordination

AI in logistics is entering a new phase. In the past, companies mainly used AI for data analysis, demand forecasting or route optimisation. Now, AI agents open the possibility of automatically performing a chain of tasks: reading data, comparing options, recommending actions, sending alerts, scheduling, updating systems and supporting operational coordination. The issue is not to let AI “replace” people, but to redesign how humans and machines make decisions together.

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Dry ports and ICDs: the missing nodes in Vietnam’s multimodal logistics

Dry ports and ICDs: the missing nodes in Vietnam’s multimodal logistics

In a modern logistics system, seaports cannot carry all functions of cargo consolidation, clearance, storage, distribution and hinterland connectivity. Dry ports and inland container depots are the intermediate nodes that bring port services deeper inland, reduce pressure on seaports, optimise multimodal transport and strengthen supply chain competitiveness.

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Scope 3 in transport: when partner emissions become business responsibility

Scope 3 in transport: when partner emissions become business responsibility

In ESG roadmaps, many companies initially focus on their own direct emissions: energy, fuel, factories and offices. But as customers and markets look across the full value chain, Scope 3 becomes the biggest challenge. For logistics, this means emissions from transport, warehousing and service providers are no longer outside corporate responsibility.

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Digital customs: from faster clearance to trade competitiveness

Digital customs: from faster clearance to trade competitiveness

Digital customs is not only about moving procedures online. It is the redesign of how trade data, logistics data, specialised inspections, taxes, documents and risk management are connected. For a highly open economy like Vietnam, digital customs is a key condition for reducing transaction costs, increasing transparency and strengthening supply chain competitiveness.

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Transport cost optimisation: not just pushing freight rates down

Transport cost optimisation: not just pushing freight rates down

In many companies, the first reaction to reducing transport cost is to negotiate lower freight rates. But transport cost is not only found in the price per kilometre, per container or per trip. It lies in how companies plan demand, consolidate cargo, choose routes, use vehicles, reduce waiting time, control data and coordinate with logistics service providers.

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Urban last-mile delivery: the most expensive link in customer experience

Urban last-mile delivery: the most expensive link in customer experience

In the logistics chain, the last mile is often the shortest in distance but the most complex in operation. It is where goods leave distribution centres and reach consumers, stores, offices, restaurants or pickup points. As e-commerce, omnichannel retail and instant delivery expand, urban last-mile logistics is becoming one of Vietnam’s most difficult logistics challenges.

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Smart warehouses: from storage spaces to operational data centres

Smart warehouses: from storage spaces to operational data centres

Warehouses were once seen as places where products were stored before reaching the market. But in modern supply chains, warehouses are no longer static spaces. They are becoming operational data centres where inventory, orders, labour, equipment, energy, costs and customer experience are managed in real time.

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Guangzhou 2026: When The “World’s Factory” Advances To Become The “Lab Of The Future”

Guangzhou 2026: When The “World’s Factory” Advances To Become The “Lab Of The Future”

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Mr. Benny Wu – Founder & President of M.Success Media Group; Mr. Michael Yan – General Director and Ms. Lillian Liu – Executive Director of Shanghai Hongqiao Pinhui Co., Ltd., who flew from Shanghai to Guangzhou to support and curate an immersive field trip to the Guangzhou Tech & Smart Manufacturing Hub for the Vietnamese business delegation. We directly observed, experienced, listened to, and consulted with 8 leading tech CEOs and experts in Guan

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Where Is Vietnam’s Logistics Workforce Falling Short in the Digital and Green Supply-Chain Era?

Where Is Vietnam’s Logistics Workforce Falling Short in the Digital and Green Supply-Chain Era?

Logistics is one of Vietnam’s fastest-growing sectors, expanding at an estimated 14–16 percent annually, yet human resources have become a worrying bottleneck. According to the Vietnam Logistics Business Association (VLA), the industry will need over 200,000 workers by 2030, while current supply meets only around 40 percent of demand, and just 5–7 percent of employees have received formal, specialised training in logistics.

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Rủi ro địa chính trị và bài toán chuỗi cung ứng

Rủi ro địa chính trị và bài toán chuỗi cung ứng

Những diễn biến địa chính trị tại Trung Đông đang một lần nữa đặt ra nhiều ẩn số cho kinh tế toàn cầu, đặc biệt thông qua các kênh truyền dẫn như giá năng lượng, lạm phát và tâm lý thị trường. Dù còn quá sớm để đánh giá đầy đủ mức độ ảnh hưởng, các tín hiệu ban đầu cho thấy những tác động này có thể lan rộng và kéo dài hơn kỳ vọng, trong đó bất động sản là một trong những lĩnh vực chịu ảnh hưởng theo chu kỳ.

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Cold Chain Logistics for Vietnam’s Agro-Seafood Exports: Is the Country Ready to Preserve “Freshness” in Global Value Chains?

Cold Chain Logistics for Vietnam’s Agro-Seafood Exports: Is the Country Ready to Preserve “Freshness” in Global Value Chains?

For years, agriculture and seafood have been pillars of Vietnam’s export earnings. Yet to keep fruits, shrimp, fish and chilled meat in prime condition on long journeys to the US, EU or Japan, good production alone is not enough. Today, “freshness” depends on the cold chain – from pre-cooling, storage and transport to distribution.

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From Paper to Data: The NCD Convention and a Turning Point in the Digitalization of Transport Documents

From Paper to Data: The NCD Convention and a Turning Point in the Digitalization of Transport Documents

The adoption of the Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents (NCD Convention) by the United Nations General Assembly on 15 December 2025 was not merely the addition of another international legal instrument. Behind the rather academic title lies a very practical shift: for the first time, the world has a unified legal framework for negotiable documents applicable to all modes of transport, while explicitly recognising the equal legal value of both paper and electronic versions.

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The U.S. - Mexico Border “Speeds Up”: Where Should You Lock Capacity for Your 2026 Supply Chain?

The U.S. - Mexico Border “Speeds Up”: Where Should You Lock Capacity for Your 2026 Supply Chain?

Laredo has become America’s busiest trade gateway as carriers and retailers shift orders to the Mexico - U.S. corridor to ride nearshoring. Infrastructure is accelerating - from CPKC cross-border rail to new freight corridors. But where should you “bet” to cut lead time and curb congestion risk?

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APAC Cold Chain Accelerates: Where Should You “Lock” Capacity to Break Through?

APAC Cold Chain Accelerates: Where Should You “Lock” Capacity to Break Through?

Booming fresh food, seafood, biopharma, and fresh e-commerce are driving demand for temperature-controlled storage and transport across Asia-Pacific. But deciding where to “place your bet” - which temperatures, routes, and hubs requires a product-corridor lens, not just bulk freezer square meters.

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Warehouse Automation 2025–2027: Accelerate with AMRs and “AI-ed” WMS, or Keep Tinkering?

Warehouse Automation 2025–2027: Accelerate with AMRs and “AI-ed” WMS, or Keep Tinkering?

The push for speed, demand volatility, and labor constraints force logistics centers to choose: scale automation with AMRs and AI-enabled WMS or keep patching with incremental upgrades. The core question isn’t “what to buy,” but “how to turn CAPEX into throughput and inventory turns within 12–24 months.”

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The New Security Net: ICS2, ACAS and the Data Stress Test for Asian Logistics Companies

The New Security Net: ICS2, ACAS and the Data Stress Test for Asian Logistics Companies

From 2024–2025, Asian logistics firms exporting to Europe and the United States not only have to worry about freight rates and aircraft slots, but also face a new generation of “security nets”: the EU’s ICS2 and the US ACAS program.

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Crossing the Panama Canal in the Dry Season: Which Route Keeps Your Schedule and Your Budget Intact?

Crossing the Panama Canal in the Dry Season: Which Route Keeps Your Schedule and Your Budget Intact?

After severe drought spells, the Panama Canal remains a strategic variable for Asia–US East/Gulf trades. Transit quotas, draft adjustments, and booking mechanisms have helped operations gradually normalize, yet weather risk persists. From the proposed Río Indio reservoir to shippers’ “hedging” of sailing schedules around water cycles, the industry is searching for a balance between a fragile present and a sustainable future.

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Trans-Pacific 2025: “Early Peak - Long Trough” and How Vietnamese Exporters Can Ride the Freight Waves

Trans-Pacific 2025: “Early Peak - Long Trough” and How Vietnamese Exporters Can Ride the Freight Waves

The Asia - US ocean peak season in 2025 arrived early and cooled quickly: rates surged in the early - mid year but flattened and fell in Q3-Q4. US retailers turned cautious, with full - year imports projected to drop 5.6% versus 2024. In this “early peak - long trough” setting, Vietnamese exporters must rethink booking plans, contracts, and risk hedging to protect margins and delivery schedules.

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Ocean Rates Whipsaw, Airfreight Echoes

Ocean Rates Whipsaw, Airfreight Echoes

After a sharp surge at the start of the year and a cool-down from midyear, Asia–US and Asia–Europe container rates have been swinging unpredictably. Every swell at sea immediately echoes into exporters’ decisions in ASEAN on whether to switch transport modes.

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How Supply Chains Survive: Red Sea Turbulence and a Parched Panama Canal?

How Supply Chains Survive: Red Sea Turbulence and a Parched Panama Canal?

Delays and costs are climbing as the Red Sea crisis drags on and the Panama Canal faces water-level constraints, forcing companies to adopt data-driven orchestration, multi-option transport strategies, and technology-based insurance to keep supply chains predictable and under control.

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Tariffs and U.S. Market Pressures – Export Diversification: Now or Never?

Tariffs and U.S. Market Pressures – Export Diversification: Now or Never?

We have seen that global trade is increasingly unstable, especially with the return of a tough trade policy from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. Vietnam’s footwear industry is facing a strategic question: continue relying on traditional markets or proactively open up new export channels to the world? If the answer is diversification, then the time is clearly... now.

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American Businesses Amid a New Wave of Tariffs: Wait, Adapt, or Relocate?

American Businesses Amid a New Wave of Tariffs: Wait, Adapt, or Relocate?

As the Trump administration in its second term continues to enforce aggressive tariff policies aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing, these policies have inadvertently pushed American businesses into making critical strategic decisions.

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