News / Intra-Asia disruption threatening Vietnam's factories and export growth

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Factories in Vietnam and southern China are working through their lunar new year holidays to catch up with production backlogs.

But getting goods to market is a challenge, thanks to bottlenecks in shipping capacity.

For Vietnam, the problem is more pronounced, as it also threatens the inbound flow of raw materials for manufacturing, which could slow the country’s meteoric rise and force some sourcing back to China, warned Akhil Nair, VP global carrier management and ocean strategy at Seko Logistics.

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