Ideas tested in public dialogue.
A comprehensive archive of television interviews, press commentary, podcast conversations and selected publications on investment, industrial strategy and Asia–Europe business.
Analysis grounded in operating experience.
Television & video
All documented broadcast and video interviews, listed newest to oldest.
202620 entries
Video Interview (French) – Le Vietnam face au défi de devenir un centre financier international et de renforcer la confiance institutionnelle
Examines the institutional foundations required for Ho Chi Minh City to become a credible international financial centre, including regulatory predictability, market depth, dispute resolution, talent and confidence among long-term global investors.
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Vietnam’s Entry into the World’s Top 30 Most Competitive Economies and the Next Test of Execution Capacity
Discusses Vietnam's improved global competitiveness and stresses that the next test is execution: converting policy ambition into reliable infrastructure, capable institutions and measurable productivity gains.
View sourceVietnam’s Rise from Manufacturing Hub to High-Tech Industrial Anchor in Global Production
Explains Vietnam's shift from cost-led manufacturing toward a capability-based industrial model, where engineering depth, local suppliers, technology adoption and dependable execution matter more than low wages alone.
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China+1, Vietnam and the Redrawing of Asia’s Industrial Map
Assesses how China+1 strategies are redrawing Asia's production map, positioning Vietnam as a complementary industrial base while highlighting the infrastructure, supplier and workforce capabilities needed to sustain the shift.
View sourceHo Chi Minh City’s Rising FDI Momentum and the Structural Factors Shaping Investor Decisions
Explains why Ho Chi Minh City's stronger FDI momentum will only translate into durable gains if land, transport, power, permitting and administrative coordination can support faster project execution.
View sourceCEO Mickaël Driol on "Regulatory Clarity as a Catalyst for Vietnam’s Long‑Term Capital Attraction"
Argues that regulatory clarity is an investment asset in its own right: predictable rules, consistent implementation and credible institutions lower execution risk and encourage investors to commit longer-term capital.
View sourceVideo Interview (French) – Présentation du Comité Sourcing de la Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie (CCIFV)
Sets out the practical opportunities and constraints of sourcing in Vietnam, including supplier qualification, quality control, localization, compliance and the need to build durable relationships beyond transactional procurement.
View sourceVideo Interview (French) – Mickaël Driol, a career built inside the industrial transitions of China, Europe and Southeast Asia
Connects experience across China, Europe and Southeast Asia to the practical realities of industrial relocation, cross-border investment and managing companies through successive technology transitions.
View sourceHow Hanoi’s amended Capital City Law is changing investor behaviour
Examines how Hanoi's amended Capital City Law changes the investment framework, and what greater local authority could mean for project approval, infrastructure delivery and investor confidence.
View sourceMekong Partners' CEO Mickael Driol examining Ho Chi Minh City’s investment performance and the priorities that will shape its next cycle
Reviews Ho Chi Minh City's investment performance and identifies the priorities for its next cycle: faster administration, investable land, dependable power and transport, and clearer project execution.
View sourceThe constraints shaping Vietnam's workforce in global supply chains and their impact on European businesses in Vietnam
Analyzes the workforce constraints affecting Vietnam's participation in global supply chains, including technical skills, management depth and labor productivity, and explains why they increasingly shape European investment decisions.
View sourceCapital is moving earlier in the cycle, project timelines are shortening, and long‑horizon commitments are rising in manufacturing, logistics, electronics and data‑driven services
Highlights a change in investor behavior: capital is entering earlier, decision cycles are shortening and longer-horizon commitments are increasing across manufacturing, logistics, electronics and data services.
View sourceHCMC: A Strategic Destination For Next-Generation FDI
Assesses the move from maximizing FDI volume to attracting strategically valuable capital, emphasizing project readiness, regulatory clarity, infrastructure, skilled labor and stronger links between foreign investors and domestic industry.
View sourceVietnam’s investment outlook and the structural shifts shaping FDI in 2026
Assesses the move from maximizing FDI volume to attracting strategically valuable capital, emphasizing project readiness, regulatory clarity, infrastructure, skilled labor and stronger links between foreign investors and domestic industry.
View sourceMickaël Driol discusses the structural conditions that will shape Vietnam’s ability to capture the next cycle of high‑value investment in 2026
Assesses the move from maximizing FDI volume to attracting strategically valuable capital, emphasizing project readiness, regulatory clarity, infrastructure, skilled labor and stronger links between foreign investors and domestic industry.
View sourceVietnam has moved beyond a typical emerging-market growth profile
Argues that Vietnam has moved beyond a conventional emerging-market story, combining industrial scale and strategic relevance while facing a harder next phase centered on productivity and institutional quality.
View source14th National Party Congress and how Vietnam’s development model is evolving as the economy matures and FDI-related priorities rise
Places Vietnam's growth ambitions in the context of political continuity and structural reform, arguing that institutional coordination, productivity and disciplined execution will determine whether headline targets become durable development.
View sourceVietnam’s Workforce in Global Supply Chains
Analyzes the workforce constraints affecting Vietnam's participation in global supply chains, including technical skills, management depth and labor productivity, and explains why they increasingly shape European investment decisions.
View sourceThe 14th National Party Congress sets Vietnam’s 2026–2031 direction, what has mattered most to investors over the last cycle?
Places Vietnam's growth ambitions in the context of political continuity and structural reform, arguing that institutional coordination, productivity and disciplined execution will determine whether headline targets become durable development.
View sourceVietnam’s latest infrastructure push and what it truly means for investment attraction
Evaluates Vietnam's accelerated infrastructure agenda and explains how transport, energy and urban projects can reshape investment geography—provided financing, sequencing and delivery capacity keep pace with ambition.
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Mickaël Driol on Vietnam’s Growth and Investment Outlook (New Segments)
Assesses the move from maximizing FDI volume to attracting strategically valuable capital, emphasizing project readiness, regulatory clarity, infrastructure, skilled labor and stronger links between foreign investors and domestic industry.
View sourceVTV4’s News Broadcast "Vietnam’s Growth Trajectory Through an International Lens"
Places Vietnam's growth ambitions in the context of political continuity and structural reform, arguing that institutional coordination, productivity and disciplined execution will determine whether headline targets become durable development.
View sourceThe Point "Vietnam’s Investment Outlook and Sustainable Growth Path"
Assesses the move from maximizing FDI volume to attracting strategically valuable capital, emphasizing project readiness, regulatory clarity, infrastructure, skilled labor and stronger links between foreign investors and domestic industry.
View sourceInterview – TRT World News Broadcast "Global Trade Shifts Amid U.S. Steel Tariffs"
Analyzes how U.S. tariff measures are redirecting trade and investment across ASEAN, creating opportunities for Vietnam while increasing scrutiny of origin, transshipment, compliance and exposure to Chinese supply chains.
View sourcePress interviews & published commentary
Interviews, quoted analysis and published contributions across international, regional and Vietnamese media.
202650 entries
Expert Interview (Video), Economic Management and Policy – Why Technology Transfer Lags FDI and How Absorptive Capacity Drives Industrial Capability Formation
Explains why foreign investment does not automatically transfer technology, and argues that supplier capability, skilled management, applied research and institutional coordination determine whether FDI produces lasting industrial upgrading.
View sourceEco-Industrial Parks as a New Competitive Advantage for Attracting High-Quality FDI to Vietnam
Explores how eco-industrial parks can become a competitive advantage for Vietnam, while stressing that international investors increasingly assess regulatory certainty, shared infrastructure, resource efficiency and implementation quality—not simply available land.
View sourceDong Nai’s Eco-Industrial Parks and the Rising Premium on Predictability for International Investors
Explores how eco-industrial parks can become a competitive advantage for Vietnam, while stressing that international investors increasingly assess regulatory certainty, shared infrastructure, resource efficiency and implementation quality—not simply available land.
View sourceInterview Quotes – Vietnam’s Pivot from a Low-Cost Manufacturing Base to a High-Value Technology Hub
Explains Vietnam's shift from cost-led manufacturing toward a capability-based industrial model, where engineering depth, local suppliers, technology adoption and dependable execution matter more than low wages alone.
View sourceVietnam moves to tackle double challenge in FDI attraction in next phase
Sets out Vietnam's twofold FDI challenge: maintaining investment scale while raising the technological content, domestic linkages and strategic value of incoming projects.
View sourceL’économie vietnamienne sous le regard international : l’opportunité de s'affranchir du piège de la sous-traitance
Argues that Vietnam must move beyond a subcontracting model by strengthening productivity, local suppliers, engineering capability and the share of value retained inside the domestic economy.
View sourceViệt Nam gia tăng sức hút dòng vốn đầu tư quốc tế
Explains how Vietnam can deepen its appeal to international investors through reliable infrastructure, legal predictability, skilled talent and faster implementation of approved projects.
View sourceL'industrie électronique du Vietnam cherche à s'intégrer plus profondément dans la chaîne de valeur technologique mondiale
Examines Vietnam's opportunity to move deeper into global electronics value chains—from assembly toward components, engineering and technology-intensive production—and the domestic capabilities required to capture more value.
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Vietnam’s Dual FDI Challenge: Scaling Investment While Raising the Quality of Strategic Capital
Assesses the move from maximizing FDI volume to attracting strategically valuable capital, emphasizing project readiness, regulatory clarity, infrastructure, skilled labor and stronger links between foreign investors and domestic industry.
View sourceVietnam’s Race for High-Quality FDI and the Narrowing Window to Join ASEAN’s Investment Leaders
Assesses the move from maximizing FDI volume to attracting strategically valuable capital, emphasizing project readiness, regulatory clarity, infrastructure, skilled labor and stronger links between foreign investors and domestic industry.
View sourceVietnam’s Electronics Industry and the Shift from Manufacturing Scale to Higher-Value Technology Integration
Examines Vietnam's opportunity to move deeper into global electronics value chains—from assembly toward components, engineering and technology-intensive production—and the domestic capabilities required to capture more value.
View sourceVietnam’s Electronics Industry and the Shift from Manufacturing Scale to Higher-Value Technology Integration
Examines Vietnam's opportunity to move deeper into global electronics value chains—from assembly toward components, engineering and technology-intensive production—and the domestic capabilities required to capture more value.
View sourceLàn sóng FDI mới định hình vị thế Việt Nam
Examines how a new wave of manufacturing and technology investment is repositioning Vietnam, and why deeper supplier integration will determine whether that momentum produces lasting capability.
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Ngành điện tử trước cơ hội tham gia sâu chuỗi giá trị công nghệ toàn cầu
Examines Vietnam's opportunity to move deeper into global electronics value chains—from assembly toward components, engineering and technology-intensive production—and the domestic capabilities required to capture more value.
View sourcePress Interview Quote (Vietnamese) – TPHCM nâng cao sức cạnh tranh cho các KCX-KCN
Outlines how Ho Chi Minh City's export-processing and industrial zones can regain competitiveness through modernization, greener infrastructure, digital management and stronger regional connectivity.
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Ho Chi Minh City’s Dual Digital and Green Transformation and the Shift Toward Smart Industrial Ecosystems
Explores how Ho Chi Minh City can combine digitalization and decarbonization to build smarter industrial ecosystems, improve productivity and connect local enterprises more effectively to regional supply chains.
View sourceHo Chi Minh City’s Shift from Attracting Factories to Coordinating Regional Supply Chains
Explains Ho Chi Minh City's evolution from attracting individual factories to coordinating a wider regional production network spanning suppliers, logistics, infrastructure and neighboring provinces.
View sourcePress Quote (Vietnamese)- Vietnam’s Industry 4.0 Transformation and Its Growing Role in the Global Supply Chain Shift
Examines how automation, data and advanced manufacturing are changing Vietnam's industrial role, and why adoption by domestic suppliers will determine whether the country captures a larger share of global value creation.
View sourceInvestment Appeal in Vietnam Gains Traction
Assesses the move from maximizing FDI volume to attracting strategically valuable capital, emphasizing project readiness, regulatory clarity, infrastructure, skilled labor and stronger links between foreign investors and domestic industry.
View sourceVietnam’s High-Tech FDI Wave and the Race to Become Indispensable to Global Industrial Networks
Assesses the move from maximizing FDI volume to attracting strategically valuable capital, emphasizing project readiness, regulatory clarity, infrastructure, skilled labor and stronger links between foreign investors and domestic industry.
View sourceInterview Quotes – Vietnam Doesn’t Have a Capital Problem, It Has a Readiness Crisis That’s Stalling the Green Transition
Argues that Vietnam's green transition is constrained less by the availability of capital than by a shortage of bankable projects, reliable data, implementation capacity and financing structures that investors can underwrite.
View sourceInterview – Mickaël Driol, co-chairman du Comité Sourcing CCIFV : Les enjeux du sourcing au Vietnam
Sets out the practical opportunities and constraints of sourcing in Vietnam, including supplier qualification, quality control, localization, compliance and the need to build durable relationships beyond transactional procurement.
View sourceL’analyse du climat d’investissement au Vietnam avec Mickaël Driol
Assesses Vietnam's investment climate by balancing macroeconomic strengths and supply-chain opportunity against persistent constraints in legal certainty, infrastructure, energy and skilled human capital.
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Vietnam’s Transition from a Cost Economy to a Capability Economy to Attract Strategic Capital
Explains Vietnam's shift from cost-led manufacturing toward a capability-based industrial model, where engineering depth, local suppliers, technology adoption and dependable execution matter more than low wages alone.
View sourceInterview – Ho Chi Minh City: From the Southern commercial center to a financial megacity
Examines the institutional foundations required for Ho Chi Minh City to become a credible international financial centre, including regulatory predictability, market depth, dispute resolution, talent and confidence among long-term global investors.
View sourceHo Chi Minh City’s Path from Vietnam’s Commercial Capital to a Regional Financial Megacity
Examines the institutional foundations required for Ho Chi Minh City to become a credible international financial centre, including regulatory predictability, market depth, dispute resolution, talent and confidence among long-term global investors.
View sourceInterview – Ho Chi Minh City, from a southern trading hub to financial megacity
Examines the institutional foundations required for Ho Chi Minh City to become a credible international financial centre, including regulatory predictability, market depth, dispute resolution, talent and confidence among long-term global investors.
View sourceQuote – The decisive factors for capital deployment in advanced manufacturing, energy systems, and technology‑driven industries
Explains that capital allocation increasingly turns on execution certainty rather than headline incentives, with investors testing permitting, power availability, logistics, workforce depth and the credibility of implementation timelines.
View sourceQuotes – China Model Gains Appeal In Vietnam As Police Expand Power
Provides context on Vietnam's evolving governance model and the expanding role of public-security institutions, considering how centralized authority may affect policy execution, institutional checks and the business environment.
View sourceInterview Quote – China model gains appeal in Vietnam as police expand power
Provides context on Vietnam's evolving governance model and the expanding role of public-security institutions, considering how centralized authority may affect policy execution, institutional checks and the business environment.
View sourceInterview – Iran war threatens Vietnam's 10% economic growth goal
Assesses how conflict-driven energy, shipping and demand shocks could complicate Vietnam's ambitious growth target, particularly through higher input costs, trade disruption and weaker external demand.
View sourceVietnam’s Shift to High-Quality FDI and the Growing Premium on Execution Certainty
Assesses the move from maximizing FDI volume to attracting strategically valuable capital, emphasizing project readiness, regulatory clarity, infrastructure, skilled labor and stronger links between foreign investors and domestic industry.
View sourceInterview (National Printed Edition) – Vietnam-EU ties set to flourish under global gateway
Examines European investors' long-term interest in Vietnam and the conditions needed to turn diplomatic momentum into industrial projects, including bankable infrastructure, predictable regulation and capable local partners.
View sourceInterview – French Enterprises Are Ready For Long-Term Investment In Vietnam's Industrial Sector
Examines European investors' long-term interest in Vietnam and the conditions needed to turn diplomatic momentum into industrial projects, including bankable infrastructure, predictable regulation and capable local partners.
View sourceInterview – French industrial groups are deepening their Vietnam exposure despite tighter global liquidity
Examines European investors' long-term interest in Vietnam and the conditions needed to turn diplomatic momentum into industrial projects, including bankable infrastructure, predictable regulation and capable local partners.
View sourceInterview (National Printed Edition) – Ho Chi Minh City can realise global financial hub ambitions
Examines the institutional foundations required for Ho Chi Minh City to become a credible international financial centre, including regulatory predictability, market depth, dispute resolution, talent and confidence among long-term global investors.
View sourceInterview – Execution over incentives: Thailand and Vietnam’s structural investment shift
Explains that capital allocation increasingly turns on execution certainty rather than headline incentives, with investors testing permitting, power availability, logistics, workforce depth and the credibility of implementation timelines.
View sourceInterview – TP.HCM hiện thực hóa tham vọng trở thành trung tâm tài chính quốc tế
Explains how Ho Chi Minh City can turn its international-financial-centre ambition into an operating market through workable regulation, specialized institutions, global talent and credible dispute resolution.
View sourceHo Chi Minh City’s Path from Financial-Center Ambition to Institutional Credibility
Argues that institutional credibility—not branding—is the decisive condition for a financial centre, requiring predictable rules, independent dispute mechanisms, transparency and confidence in implementation.
View sourceInterview – Ho Chi Minh City Advances Its Ambition to Become an International Financial Center
Examines the institutional foundations required for Ho Chi Minh City to become a credible international financial centre, including regulatory predictability, market depth, dispute resolution, talent and confidence among long-term global investors.
View sourceInterview (National Printed Edition) – 𝐿𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑟 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑌𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒 of 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐡 𝐭𝐞̂́ 𝐕𝐢𝐞̣̂𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐦 – The economy is shifting beneath the surface
Describes an economy changing beneath headline growth figures as Vietnam shifts toward productivity, technology, higher-quality capital and a more demanding model of industrial competitiveness.
View sourceQuote – CEO Mickaël Driol on Vietnam’s 2026 growth outlook and policy direction
Places Vietnam's growth ambitions in the context of political continuity and structural reform, arguing that institutional coordination, productivity and disciplined execution will determine whether headline targets become durable development.
View sourceInterview – Vietnam bets on chips, AI as empowered leader seeks new growth era
Examines Vietnam's effort to build new growth engines around semiconductors and artificial intelligence, while highlighting the importance of talent, energy, research links and credible industrial policy.
View sourceInterview (National Printed Edition)- 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam – Expert Recommendations
Places Vietnam's growth ambitions in the context of political continuity and structural reform, arguing that institutional coordination, productivity and disciplined execution will determine whether headline targets become durable development.
View sourceInterview – Tăng trưởng GDP Việt Nam năm 2025 đạt 8,02% được đánh giá là tín hiệu tích cực, tạo tiền đề để kinh tế năm 2026 tăng 2 con số
Places Vietnam's growth ambitions in the context of political continuity and structural reform, arguing that institutional coordination, productivity and disciplined execution will determine whether headline targets become durable development.
View sourceInterview – CEO Mickaël Driol "GDP targets for 2025 are set to be impressive: a prerequisite for double-digit growth in 2026"
Places Vietnam's growth ambitions in the context of political continuity and structural reform, arguing that institutional coordination, productivity and disciplined execution will determine whether headline targets become durable development.
View sourceInterview – Tiền đề để 2026 tăng trưởng 2 con số
Places Vietnam's growth ambitions in the context of political continuity and structural reform, arguing that institutional coordination, productivity and disciplined execution will determine whether headline targets become durable development.
View sourceInterview (National Printed Edition) – "Việt Nam sẵn sàng trở thành trung tâm sản xuất công nghệ mới"
Explains Vietnam's shift from cost-led manufacturing toward a capability-based industrial model, where engineering depth, local suppliers, technology adoption and dependable execution matter more than low wages alone.
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Feature/Quotes (Top Stories) – The ‘four’ behind Vietnam: Can 2026 political reset deliver the growth it promises?
Places Vietnam's growth ambitions in the context of political continuity and structural reform, arguing that institutional coordination, productivity and disciplined execution will determine whether headline targets become durable development.
View sourceInterview – 在越南迎来数十年来最重大的领导层换届之际，投资者应了解哪些信息
Explains what investors should watch during Vietnam's most significant leadership transition in decades: policy continuity, the division of institutional authority and the execution of the next reform agenda.
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What International Investors Are Looking for in Vietnam: From FDI Scale to Industrial Capability and Execution
Shows that international investors are looking beyond FDI volume to test Vietnam's industrial capability, supplier depth, infrastructure readiness and ability to execute complex projects predictably.
View sourceInterview – Ông Mickael Driol "Việt Nam sẵn sàng trở thành trung tâm sản xuất công nghệ mới"
Explains Vietnam's shift from cost-led manufacturing toward a capability-based industrial model, where engineering depth, local suppliers, technology adoption and dependable execution matter more than low wages alone.
View sourceFeatured on the front cover
Presents Vietnam's emergence as a potential technology-manufacturing hub and the conditions behind that proposition, including industrial infrastructure, technical talent and integration with global production networks.
View sourceInterview (National Printed Edition) – Vietnam Poised to Become New Tech Manufacturing Hub
Explains Vietnam's shift from cost-led manufacturing toward a capability-based industrial model, where engineering depth, local suppliers, technology adoption and dependable execution matter more than low wages alone.
View sourceInterview – Hô Chi Minh-Ville : du centre commercial du Sud à une mégapole financière.
Examines Ho Chi Minh City's path from southern commercial centre to regional financial metropolis, focusing on the market institutions and international credibility needed to support that transition.
View sourceQuotes – Chinese firms are accelerating their use of Southeast Asia’s AI infrastructure as U.S. export controls tightened
Explores why Chinese AI companies are expanding across Southeast Asia for computing capacity and market access, and how Vietnam and neighboring economies can capture value from data-centre and digital-infrastructure investment.
View sourceInterview – CEO Mickaël Driol on "Vietnam poised to become new tech manufacturing hub"
Explains Vietnam's shift from cost-led manufacturing toward a capability-based industrial model, where engineering depth, local suppliers, technology adoption and dependable execution matter more than low wages alone.
View sourceInterview – New airports, high-speed rails, Olympic complex: Vietnam shifts into top gear
Evaluates Vietnam's accelerated infrastructure agenda and explains how transport, energy and urban projects can reshape investment geography—provided financing, sequencing and delivery capacity keep pace with ambition.
View sourceInterview – CEO Mickaël Driol in The Business Times on Vietnam’s Infrastructure Acceleration
Evaluates Vietnam's accelerated infrastructure agenda and explains how transport, energy and urban projects can reshape investment geography—provided financing, sequencing and delivery capacity keep pace with ambition.
View sourceInterview – Mickaël Driol on "Changing prospects in a shifting world of investment"
Explores how geopolitics, tighter financing and supply-chain restructuring are changing investment prospects, making location decisions more selective and execution capability more valuable.
View sourceInterview – Article "ESG in ASEAN: From Principle to Policy"
Discusses the shift of ESG in ASEAN from broad principles to practical policy and operating requirements, with implications for financing, supplier qualification, disclosure and competitiveness.
View sourceFeature – Article "Durian at the Crossroads: Vietnam’s $3B Export Dream Meets China’s Compliance Wall"
Uses Vietnam's durian trade to show how export growth can be constrained by compliance gaps, traceability and changing Chinese standards, turning market access into an operational capability challenge.
View sourceInterview – Unpacking the far-reaching implications of President Trump’s newly imposed 50% U.S. steel tariffs.
Analyzes how U.S. tariff measures are redirecting trade and investment across ASEAN, creating opportunities for Vietnam while increasing scrutiny of origin, transshipment, compliance and exposure to Chinese supply chains.
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Interview – Vietnam Overtakes China as US’s Top Apparel Supplier
Examines Vietnam's rise in U.S. apparel sourcing and the structural forces behind it, while noting that rules of origin, upstream textile capacity and trade-policy risk will shape the durability of those gains.
View sourceFeature – Vietnam’s rise as a clothing export hub
Examines Vietnam's rise in U.S. apparel sourcing and the structural forces behind it, while noting that rules of origin, upstream textile capacity and trade-policy risk will shape the durability of those gains.
View sourceFeature – This One Blind Spot Could Cost Vietnam’s SMEs Global Buyers
Argues that many Vietnamese SMEs understand sustainability but lack the data systems, governance and operational architecture required by global buyers—creating a competitiveness risk as supply-chain standards tighten.
View sourceFeature – This One Blind Spot Could Cost Vietnam's SMEs Global Buyers
Argues that many Vietnamese SMEs understand sustainability but lack the data systems, governance and operational architecture required by global buyers—creating a competitiveness risk as supply-chain standards tighten.
View sourceFeature (Chinese Mandarin version) – 越南中小企业希望迈向绿色发展，但关键基础仍然缺失
The Mandarin edition explains why sustainability awareness among Vietnamese SMEs has not yet become operational readiness, particularly in data, governance, traceability and compliance with global-buyer requirements.
View sourceInterview – China's Factories Pivot to US Tariff Turmoil
Explores how manufacturers are adapting production footprints to U.S. tariff uncertainty, and why relocation decisions depend on supplier ecosystems, origin compliance and execution capacity as much as labor cost.
View sourceInterview – Mickaël Driol on Asia’s New Cross-Border Investment Strategy
Outlines a more selective approach to cross-border investment in Asia, combining geopolitical risk, industrial ecosystems, regulatory execution and partner capability rather than relying on market-growth narratives alone.
View sourceInterview – Doanh nghiệp AI Trung Quốc "đổ bộ" vào Đông Nam Á
Explores why Chinese AI companies are expanding across Southeast Asia for computing capacity and market access, and how Vietnam and neighboring economies can capture value from data-centre and digital-infrastructure investment.
View sourceInterview – China’s AI firms are going regional for compute power – and South-east Asia is cashing in
Explores why Chinese AI companies are expanding across Southeast Asia for computing capacity and market access, and how Vietnam and neighboring economies can capture value from data-centre and digital-infrastructure investment.
View sourceFeature – Shaping the Digital Future: Vietnam’s Strategic Advantage in a Fragmented Trade Landscape
Assesses Vietnam's digital ambitions against a more fragmented trade environment, explaining how diplomacy, technology policy and supply-chain positioning could preserve access to both capital and export markets.
View sourceInterview – Asean’s China Trade Play: Buy Less, Sell More Amid US Tensions
Analyzes how U.S. tariff measures are redirecting trade and investment across ASEAN, creating opportunities for Vietnam while increasing scrutiny of origin, transshipment, compliance and exposure to Chinese supply chains.
View sourceInterview – As Vietnam’s digital dreams face Trump tariff test, will diplomacy offer a lifeline?
Assesses Vietnam's digital ambitions against a more fragmented trade environment, explaining how diplomacy, technology policy and supply-chain positioning could preserve access to both capital and export markets.
View sourceInterview – Navigating the risks of a global trade war
Explains how an escalating trade war could affect Vietnam through tariffs, rerouted investment and origin scrutiny, and argues for stronger compliance, market diversification and careful management of supply-chain exposure.
View sourceInterview – Risks and Realities of a Global Trade War
Explains how an escalating trade war could affect Vietnam through tariffs, rerouted investment and origin scrutiny, and argues for stronger compliance, market diversification and careful management of supply-chain exposure.
View sourceInterview – Navigating the Risks of a Global Trade War
Explains how an escalating trade war could affect Vietnam through tariffs, rerouted investment and origin scrutiny, and argues for stronger compliance, market diversification and careful management of supply-chain exposure.
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Interview – Strengthening Ties Between Dutch Investors and Vietnam’s Tech Future
Examines European investors' long-term interest in Vietnam and the conditions needed to turn diplomatic momentum into industrial projects, including bankable infrastructure, predictable regulation and capable local partners.
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Press Release – BOX Partners up with INTEL, BAIDU CLOUD and NASDAQ to Unveil Bolaxy
Documents the launch of Bolaxy with technology and market partners, presenting a cross-border platform designed to connect enterprise infrastructure, cloud services and digital-asset capabilities.
View sourcePress Release – Menciptakan Digitalisasi Aset Dan Pengembangan Aplikasi Tingkat Perusahaan (Indonesian language)
Explores enterprise asset digitization and the use of distributed-ledger infrastructure to represent, manage and exchange real-world value across business applications.
View sourcePress Release – Teknologi penyimpanan data tengah mengalami perkembangan (Indonesian language)
Introduces enterprise-grade data-storage and hybrid-blockchain technology designed to support secure asset digitization, controlled access and scalable business applications.
View sourcePress Release – Energy Eco Chain Launches ET hybrid blockchain and digital wallet
Explains the design rationale for a hybrid blockchain architecture, including how enterprise control, interoperability and performance were balanced against the openness of public-chain technologies such as EOS.
View sourcePress Release – ET Hybrid Blockchain to Enhance Enterprise-Level Asset Digitization and Application Development Platform Experience
Explores enterprise asset digitization and the use of distributed-ledger infrastructure to represent, manage and exchange real-world value across business applications.
View sourcePress Release – Driving the Growth of Smart and Digital Economy in Indonesia
Describes an Indonesian technology initiative intended to support enterprise digitization and the wider development of Batam's smart and digital economy.
View sourcePress Release – Re-Energizing The World of Energy with Blockchain
Presents the Energy Eco Chain model for digitizing energy assets and enabling cross-community transactions, combining blockchain infrastructure, a digital wallet and an incentive or settlement mechanism.
View sourcePodcasts & audio
Long-form conversations on supply chains, ESG, investment and technology.
20263 entries
#14: Mickaël Driol, CEO, Mekong Partners: When Disruption Becomes The Norm of Supply Chain – Is Resilience Enough?
Discusses how companies are redesigning sourcing networks as disruption becomes structural, and why resilience now depends on regional diversification, supplier visibility, compliance and deeper operating capability—not inventory buffers alone.
View sourceThe Supply Chain Outlook Amid Current Middle East Risks and Asia-for-Asia Sourcing
Discusses how companies are redesigning sourcing networks as disruption becomes structural, and why resilience now depends on regional diversification, supplier visibility, compliance and deeper operating capability—not inventory buffers alone.
View sourcePodcast Quotes – Vietnam's Green Finance Market
Argues that Vietnam's green transition is constrained less by the availability of capital than by a shortage of bankable projects, reliable data, implementation capacity and financing structures that investors can underwrite.
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"ESG in ASEAN: From Principle to Policy"
Discusses the shift of ESG in ASEAN from broad principles to practical policy and operating requirements, with implications for financing, supplier qualification, disclosure and competitiveness.
View sourceFeature – Podcast "Durian at the Crossroads: Vietnam’s $3B Export Dream Meets China’s Compliance Wall"
Uses Vietnam's durian trade to show how export growth can be constrained by compliance gaps, traceability and changing Chinese standards, turning market access into an operational capability challenge.
View sourceFeature – Podcast "Vietnam’s SMEs: From Awareness to Architecture"
Argues that many Vietnamese SMEs understand sustainability but lack the data systems, governance and operational architecture required by global buyers—creating a competitiveness risk as supply-chain standards tighten.
View sourceAI-Powered Supply Chains: Smarter Trade, Sustainability & Market Intelligence
Discusses how AI can improve demand sensing, supplier intelligence and sustainability monitoring, while emphasizing that useful adoption depends on reliable data and integration with real operating decisions.
View sourceSelected earlier publications
Background contributions, white papers and entrepreneurial publications.
20251 entries
Background Contribution – With Tariff Gambit, Trump Pushes Vietnam to Choose Between U.S. and China
Provides background on the strategic pressure facing Vietnam as U.S.–China trade tensions intensify, and the country's effort to protect economic ties with both partners without becoming locked into either bloc.
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Post on Medium – 为什么易能链的混合链技术能与EOS相媲美？(Mandarin language)
Explains the design rationale for a hybrid blockchain architecture, including how enterprise control, interoperability and performance were balanced against the openness of public-chain technologies such as EOS.
View sourceBusiness Blueprint – Asset Digitalization Expertise and Case Studies
Explores enterprise asset digitization and the use of distributed-ledger infrastructure to represent, manage and exchange real-world value across business applications.
View sourceWhitepaper – 商业蓝图 (Chinese language)
Sets out the Chinese-language commercial blueprint for the Energy Eco Chain, covering asset digitization, network participation, transaction design and the platform's proposed economic model.
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Business Blueprint – From Cross-Community Energy Transactions to Currency Mechanism
Presents the Energy Eco Chain model for digitizing energy assets and enabling cross-community transactions, combining blockchain infrastructure, a digital wallet and an incentive or settlement mechanism.
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