Hubhopper(https://hubhopper.com) The Vietnam Play - By 43to.one episodic Vietnam is growing fast and most foreign companies are approaching it wrong.


They hire a local rep, run a translated campaign, and wonder why nothing sticks. The market punishes that approach quietly. No dramatic failure. Just slow, expensive irrelevance.


The Vietnam Play is a podcast for C-level executives, founders, and market entry teams who are serious about building in Vietnam - not just testing it. Each episode covers what actually works: local distribution, regulatory reality, capital relationships, and on-the-ground GTM strategy.


No tourism content. No surface-level market reports. Just the decisions that determine whether your Vietnam entry works or doesn't.

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They hire a local rep, run a translated campaign, and wonder why nothing sticks. The market punishes that approach quietly. No dramatic failure. Just slow, expensive irrelevance.


The Vietnam Play is a podcast for C-level executives, founders, and market entry teams who are serious about building in Vietnam - not just testing it. Each episode covers what actually works: local distribution, regulatory reality, capital relationships, and on-the-ground GTM strategy.


No tourism content. No surface-level market reports. Just the decisions that determine whether your Vietnam entry works or doesn't.

]]> The Vietnam Play - By 43to.one https://files.hubhopper.com/podcast/480677/1400x1400/the-vietnam-play-by-43toone_3485.png?v=1775745343766312273 en Copyright 2026 Jackson, Nia, 43to.one Staffs Jackson, Nia, 43to.one Staffs Jackson, Nia, 43to.one Staffs Jackson, Nia, 43to.one Staffs khoaitaychienvn@gmail.com https://43to.one https://hubhopper.com/podcast/the-vietnam-play-by-43toone/480677 https://hubhopper.com/podcast/the-vietnam-play-by-43toone/480677 no 1 no 5 Things Global Companies Assume About Vietnam That Are Wrong https://listen.hubhopper.com/episode/5-things-global-companies-assume-about-vietnam-that-are-wrong/32997383 https://hubhopper.com/episode/5-things-global-companies-assume-about-vietnam-that-are-wrong https://hubhopper.com/podcast/the-vietnam-play-by-43toone/480677 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:57:37 +0000 Six months in. Budget burning. Users not showing up. The numbers looked perfect on paper - 100 million people, top-3 crypto adoption globally, a smartphone market that rivals Europe. So what went wrong?


Every week we see global Web3 and tech companies walk into Vietnam with a translated pitch deck and a wire transfer, and walk out confused. Same mistakes. Different logos.


This episode, we break down the five assumptions that are quietly wrecking foreign market entries here, from why translation has nothing to do with localization, to why your Telegram AMA is not building community, it's building noise.

If you're planning a Southeast Asia push, or you're already here and wondering why the traction isn't coming, this one's going to sting a little. In a useful way.


Let's get into it.

]]> Six months in. Budget burning. Users not showing up. The numbers looked perfect on paper - 100 million people, top-3 crypto adoption globally, a smartphone market that rivals Europe. So what went wrong?


Every week we see global Web3 and tech companies walk into Vietnam with a translated pitch deck and a wire transfer, and walk out confused. Same mistakes. Different logos.


This episode, we break down the five assumptions that are quietly wrecking foreign market entries here, from why translation has nothing to do with localization, to why your Telegram AMA is not building community, it's building noise.

If you're planning a Southeast Asia push, or you're already here and wondering why the traction isn't coming, this one's going to sting a little. In a useful way.


Let's get into it.

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