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GELS 2026: When Logistics Steps Out from Behind the Spotlight of Global Events

From Formula 1 and MotoGP races to global music tours, international art exhibitions, sports tournaments and cultural showcases, logistics has become the operational nervous system of the experience economy. The Global Event Logistics Summit 2026 in Bangkok will bring this often-unseen discipline into sharper focus.

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When cost is no longer king in supply chains

When cost is no longer king in supply chains

For decades, global supply chains were organized around a near-absolute belief: if cost is optimized, efficiency is optimized. Produce where it is cheapest, ship along the fastest route, keep inventories lean and deliver just in time - that was the winning formula of accelerated globalization. However, the current situation has raised a very fundamental question:

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Unstable Suez: How Should Vietnamese Exporters Respond to the Cape of Good Hope Detour?

Unstable Suez: How Should Vietnamese Exporters Respond to the Cape of Good Hope Detour?

Since late 2023, a wave of attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea has forced hundreds of ships to avoid the area and reroute around the Cape of Good Hope instead of using the Suez Canal – the key artery between Asia and Europe.

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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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U&I Logistics: Inland Waterways for Agricultural Cargo - Low Cost, High Quality, and Green

U&I Logistics: Inland Waterways for Agricultural Cargo - Low Cost, High Quality, and Green

Amid accelerating digitalization and increasingly stringent “green” standards in global markets, U&I Logistics introduces a multimodal solution that combines inland waterway and road transport specifically for agricultural goods. The dual goal: cut costs and emissions while ensuring cargo arrives with the right quality, at the right time, as promised.

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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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The Power of AI and Predictive Capabilities in Supply Chain Management

The Power of AI and Predictive Capabilities in Supply Chain Management

AI is no longer unfamiliar. The question is how to turn it into a true “operational capability” in supply chain management (SCM), rather than a handful of isolated pilots. The answer lies in how companies combine predictive analytics with clean data, clear decision processes, and disciplined execution from sourcing to distribution.

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ESG 2025: From Reporting to Supply-Chain Accountability

ESG 2025: From Reporting to Supply-Chain Accountability

2025 marks a turning point: companies must demonstrate supply-chain transparency under CSRD and conduct supplier due diligence under CSDDD, shifting from a mindset of “reporting” to “accountability” with verifiable data, processes, and measurable outcomes.

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Methanol - Ammonia: A Transition Pathway for Vietnam’s Fleet?

Methanol - Ammonia: A Transition Pathway for Vietnam’s Fleet?

No longer confined to demonstration models, methanol and ammonia are moving into practical deployment at ever-larger scales.

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Maritime Pilots: Silent in Transition, Steady Amidst Transformation

Maritime Pilots: Silent in Transition, Steady Amidst Transformation

Amidst the sweeping transformation of the global maritime industry, maritime pilots—long regarded as the silent “navigators”—are now having to adapt to a series of new demands: larger ships, more complex technologies, heightened safety expectations, and especially, the pressures of green transition. While the logistics world speaks of automation,

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Tariff Loophole: U.S. Businesses Leverage Foreign-Trade Zones

Tariff Loophole: U.S. Businesses Leverage Foreign-Trade Zones

As tariffs rise and global supply chains face continuous disruptions due to geopolitical tensions and protectionist trade policies, American businesses are seeking more flexible solutions to maintain their competitive edge. One effective yet underutilized tool is the Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ).

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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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How to avoid buyer’s remorse when investing in new technology?

How to avoid buyer’s remorse when investing in new technology?

As the race for technology intensifies, investing in new tech solutions has become a critical decision that businesses, especially supply chain leaders, cannot take lightly. However, success is not always guaranteed.

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Vietnam Industrial Real Estate: "Painting a wide canvas" with Nguyen Chi Toan

Vietnam Industrial Real Estate: "Painting a wide canvas" with Nguyen Chi Toan

In the blink of an eye, it was already past noon. Wind and Water Café (Binh Duong province) became even busier as more patrons came and went. This contrasted with the "bamboo style" architecture of the space, where people often seek privacy and quiet for conversations. I took the initiative to end the conversation with Toan, as we had already spent more than three hours discussing industrial real estate - a topic that I felt could be endlessly explored with Toan.

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Come together: Logistics and the Sharing Economy

Come together: Logistics and the Sharing Economy

(VLR) Logistics embraces the sharing economy with supply chain collaborations, industry crossovers, and unexpected partnerships, bringing fulfillment and transportation efficiencies.

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Binh Duong Customs: creating business advantages to develop logistics

Binh Duong Customs: creating business advantages to develop logistics

(VLR) (Vietnam Logistics Review) Three key factors deciding Vietnam’s Export competitiveness are: transport and logistics infrastructure; legal importexport procedures and operation of production value chain. Under conditions of deeply international integration, Binh Duong Customs has been constantly trying to create positive changes in simplifying the administrative procedures, improving efficiency of government’s management to enhance logistics business in the province.

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Vietnam Logistics and priority innovations

Vietnam Logistics and priority innovations

(VLR) (Vietnam Logistics Review) Ineffective logistics is the cause of high production cost which badly affects competition abilities of Vietnam’s trade sector. Therefore, priority innovations in logistics always are urgent tasks to Vietnam.

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Transportation and logistics deal activity starts year off at slower pace, says PwC report

Transportation and logistics deal activity starts year off at slower pace, says PwC report

(VLR) The first quarter of 2014 did not pick up where the fourth quarter of 2013 left off when it comes to merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the transportation and logistics sectors, according to PwC US’s report, “Intersections: First Quarter 2014 global transportation and logistics industry mergers and acquisitions analysis.”

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Its urgent to get a synchronous and timely: Vietnam Logistics Action Program

Its urgent to get a synchronous and timely: Vietnam Logistics Action Program

(VLR) After the Prime Ministers series of decisions on Vietnam sea transport development project, Vietnam sea ports project, road, railway, internal waterway transport development project to 2020, directing to 2030 which were issued in 2009, on January 27, 2011, the Prime Minister issued the 175/QĐ-TTG Decision approving the overall strategy to develop Vietnams services area, including transport services and logistics services.

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UPS sees Q3 profit declines

UPS sees Q3 profit declines

(VLR) Charges related to UPS’ restructured pension plan caused the integrator’s net income to plunge 56.3 percent, year-over-year, to $469 million in the third quarter of 2012. Revenue, however, only dropped slightly during the three-month period that ended September 30, falling from $13.17 billion to $13.07 billion, year-over-year.

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Logistics development strategy towards Asean economic community

Logistics development strategy towards Asean economic community

(VLR) Logistics has been playing an important role in the world where most of nations have joined WTO and been carrying out development strategies on export and international trade. And it has been the same in Vietnam, especially as a member of WTO at the time of implementing commitments in 2014 coming near and in the year 2015 when ASEAN Economic Community is established and mutual development policies are carried out for a harmoniously developing ASEAN market.

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