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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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When AI Enters the Factory, the Hospital, and the Warehouse: Value Appears Only When the System Is Mature Enough

When AI Enters the Factory, the Hospital, and the Warehouse: Value Appears Only When the System Is Mature Enough

If AI is testing organizational capability at the strategic level, it is testing the maturity of each deployment environment at the operational level. Not every sector absorbs AI at the same pace.

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Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Supply Chains: Is Vietnam’s Logistics Ready for the Next Big Test?

Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Supply Chains: Is Vietnam’s Logistics Ready for the Next Big Test?

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted pharmaceutical and medical-equipment supply chains as critical lifelines for every country. Vaccines, specialty medicines, diagnostic reagents and consumables all depend on logistics systems that are precise, secure and resilient.

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Hoang Minh Nhat JSC: A Symbiotic Logistics Model Elevating the Value of Vietnamese Rice

Hoang Minh Nhat JSC: A Symbiotic Logistics Model Elevating the Value of Vietnamese Rice

From its plant in Truong Thanh Commune, Thoi Lai District (Can Tho City), Hoang Minh Nhat Joint Stock Company (HMN) has spent nearly two decades building sustainable capabilities in rice processing and exports. The business began with an output of roughly 20,000 tons of rice per year and annual revenue of over VND 70 billion; by 2025, it is projected to reach around 180,000 tons with revenue of approximately VND 2.6 trillion - equivalent to nearly USD 100 million.

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SAPUWA: A Sustainable Growth Journey Rooted in Green Transformation and Community Responsibility

SAPUWA: A Sustainable Growth Journey Rooted in Green Transformation and Community Responsibility

Amid escalating climate change, environmental pollution, and the depletion of natural resources, sustainable development is no longer a “trend” but an imperative for modern businesses. With a long-term vision, SAPUWA has remained steadfast in pursuing a growth strategy aligned with green transformation - optimizing operations, protecting the environment, and amplifying community responsibility - thereby strengthening its position as a sustainability-driven drinking water enterprise in Vietnam.

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Smart Supply Chains: In-house, Outsource, or Alliance?

Smart Supply Chains: In-house, Outsource, or Alliance?

In an era of constant global supply chain disruption, the decision to manufacture in-house, outsource, or build alliances is no longer just a matter of cost. It has become a strategic choice that determines a company’s speed, adaptability, and ability to control risk.

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Multi-Sourcing & Regionalization: The Shield of Supply Chains

Multi-Sourcing & Regionalization: The Shield of Supply Chains

In the context of unpredictable geopolitical shifts, shocks from tariffs, trade sanctions, or security instability can paralyze global supply chains in an instant. That is why the strategy of regionalization combined with multi-sourcing is becoming the new standard. Enterprises must design networks closer to consumption markets, while simultaneously leveraging global capacity and managing make-or-buy decisions at the system-wide level.

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CT Group: A Model of Private Enterprise Innovation Aligned with Resolution 68

CT Group: A Model of Private Enterprise Innovation Aligned with Resolution 68

At the exhibition “Resolution 68 – A New Driving Force for the Development of Vietnam’s Private Economy,” held at the National Assembly Building on May 18–19, 2025, CT Group made a strong impression with a series of groundbreaking technological solutions. The event was not merely a showcase of achievements, but a clear demonstration of the pioneering role of private enterprises in national innovation.

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THACO Focuses on Implementing a Multi-Industry Strategy

THACO Focuses on Implementing a Multi-Industry Strategy

On February 3, 2025, at the THACO Chu Lai Industrial Zone (Nui Thanh District, Quang Nam Province), THACO held the New Year Kickoff Ceremony for the Year of the Snake.

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Nghi Son's extreme growth

Nghi Son's extreme growth

I was present in Nghi Son for the first time in 2003 when Wharf 1 of the Nghi Son seaport was inaugurated, and the second time in 2004 when Wharf 2 was under construction. This time, I returned to Nghi Son with a group of artists and journalists from the Thanh Hoa Association in Hanoi. The artists were invited to visit and experience the place. Nghi Son is one of the “Four Mountains” along with Sam Son, Dong Son, and Lam Son - the four extreme growth points of Thanh Hoa province.

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A dispute about total loss

A dispute about total loss

In conclusion, the Arbitral Tribunal decided to reject all of the Claimant's claims stated in the Amendment and Supplement to the Request for Arbitration dated October 22, 2021.

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Northern inland waterway transport route: A good signal for the green transportation chain

Northern inland waterway transport route: A good signal for the green transportation chain

(VLR) This year 2021 is over, the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affected transportation activities, including the maritime industry. However, the total volume of goods through the seaport maintained its upward momentum, becoming a bright spot for the economy. The introduction of Green Transportation Chain is an inevitable trend in the maritime industry, a solution to replace working habits, methods, and production models that are no longer suitable for the "new normal" conditions. Tan Cang - Que Vo ICD is an essential link in the green logistics chain in the North.

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The U.S. supply-chain crisis is already easing as the holiday season approaches

The U.S. supply-chain crisis is already easing as the holiday season approaches

(VLR) Progress in the industry is still slow and too many boats are waiting at the ports, but many problems have at least stopped getting worse.

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Industrial real estate "boomed"

Industrial real estate "boomed"

(VLR) COVID-19 is gradually changing the market, stimulating the e-commerce boom, creating a big boost for logistics real estate, warehouses, then creating conditions for industrial real estate in Vietnam to flourish, develop in a positive direction and have a new breakthrough from the end of 2020.

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5 must-take actions to prepare for the 2020 holiday season

5 must-take actions to prepare for the 2020 holiday season

(VLR) This year has been, and continues to be, unprecedented. And given the integration of these global supply chains and advances in modern transportation, the disruption caused by COVID-19 is, arguably, unprecedented in modern times.

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Lessons learned from a dispute on forwarding & transport

Lessons learned from a dispute on forwarding & transport

(VLR) During the implementation of the contract, the parties may agree to change the terms of the contract but do not know whether it is necessary to make an annex to the contract or not. Enterprises can render service to each other but do not know whether it is a contractual obligation or just an assistance. When collecting a debt, may it be different from the contractual provisions on kinds and contents of documents or not. Failing to study carefully the Standard Trading Conditions of logistics businesses (specified clearly on the documents of the transaction) may result in the adverse outcome during the implementation of the contract.

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Industry 4.0 a "golden" chance?

Industry 4.0 a "golden" chance?

(VLR) PhD. Phan Xuan Dung had an explanation of Industry 4.0: “This is a revolution featured by unification of various technology fields as 3D printing, biotechnology, new- material technology, automatic technology, robot technology, human- machine integration- an industrial revolution that has had no antecedent”.

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THACO when automobie import tax is 0%

THACO when automobie import tax is 0%

(VLR) (Vietnam Logistics Review) Automobile import tax will be 0% in 2018. However, Truong Hai Automobile J.S Company (Thaco) keeps expanding its production, increasing the rate of localization, implementing the strategy of automobile locally build-up in accordance to the policy from the Government: Thaco Mazda will be the largest Mazda’s factory in the Southeast Asia. The factory has been being built by Thaco and will be put into operation at the end of March 2018.

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The Road to green in ASIA

The Road to green in ASIA

(VLR) In an ideal world, stronger manufacturing companies could take advantage of spare capacity during times of slower economic activity to upgrade, restructure and improve their resource efficiencies and waste management. Right across thousands of manufacturing and processing facilities in the Asia Pacific, many factory owners and managers have sought to do just that.

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