Three routes out of Vietnam: Viettel built networks in ten countries, FPT sold engineers to Japan, VinFast tried to sell cars to America. Two of them worked.
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Expert guides, analysis and tool comparisons on Vietnam Company Stories from the kurums.com Startup desk — written for business decision-makers and updated as the market moves.
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- Updated Sep 13, 2026
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Latest in Vietnam Company Stories
Made in Vietnam? Transshipment, Rules of Origin and the Chinese Content Problem
A third of “Made in Vietnam” is made in China. Washington calls it transshipment; the law mostly calls it legal. The gap between them is where the risk lives.
Sixteen Trade Deals: How EVFTA and CPTPP Rewired Vietnam’s Exports
Sixteen trade deals, sixty economies, tariff-free access almost everywhere except the United States. Why most Vietnamese exporters still do not claim it.
The Tariff Shock: Vietnam, the United States and the 2025 Trade Deal
A 46 percent tariff, a phone call, a 20 percent deal and a framework that gave Washington what the TPP never did. How Vietnam paid to keep its biggest market.
China Plus One: How Vietnam Became the World’s Factory Backup Plan
Vietnam won the China Plus One race by being the least disruptive alternative. The components are still Chinese, and that is the problem.
State Giants and Private Empires: Who Really Runs Vietnam’s Economy
The state owns the grid and the banks, families own the cities and cars, foreigners own the exports. Mapping who really controls Vietnam.
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Trương Gia Bình: The Scientist Who Turned FPT into a Global Software House
A Moscow-trained physicist, twelve colleagues and a Bangalore study trip produced Vietnam’s only globally known software company.
Trần Bá Dương: The Mechanic Who Built Thaco
A mechanic from Huế turned a coastal sand flat into thirty factories and Vietnam’s biggest private industrial group, without ever listing.
Nguyễn Thị Phương Thảo: The Billionaire Who Built an Airline and a Bank
From fax machines in Moscow to Vietnam’s biggest domestic airline and a top private bank, without letting one business pay for the other.
Phạm Nhật Vượng: From Instant Noodles in Ukraine to Vietnam’s Largest Conglomerate
The noodle maker who became Vietnam’s richest man and now funds cars, taxis and a railway with property cash.
Long Thanh: The Airport Vietnam Has Been Planning for Twenty Years
Selected in 2005, approved in 2015, dug in 2021, opened in 2026: how Vietnam finally built the airport Hồ Chí Minh City needed a decade ago.
Sun Group and Phú Quốc: Building a Resort Island from Scratch
A state decision, a visa waiver and two conglomerates turned a fishing island into a six-million-visitor resort. How Sun Group built the south of Phú Quốc.
