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6 facts from 3 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2021
Jim Weber said 45% of Brooks Running's factories in Vietnam made no shoes for three months because of a southern shutdown in the third quarter.
“The South was shut down last Q3, July, August, September. 45% of my factories didn't make a shoe for three months.”
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The worked example follows a European financial services company looking to expand into Vietnam, including possibly acquiring a local company.
“we consider European player financial services, which is, um, eager to expand in Asia or in emerging markets, and in this case, in in Vietnam.”
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Bruce Delteil found the AI-generated Vietnam target list was reliable but sometimes confused companies with their parent companies.
“Sometimes the the companies are actually, um, referring to a different parent company.”
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Bruce Delteil says foreign ownership limits are the most important regulatory risk for entering Vietnamese banking, yet the AI tool did not flag it.
“I I I take an example, um, regulatory risk, the foreign, uh, ownership limit is the most important one.”
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Bruce Delteil says attracting and retaining Vietnam's digital talent is a key issue for any institution entering the market.
“Vietnam is known to have a lot of great digital talent, attracting and retaining them becomes very important.”
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Jamie Dimon says JPMorgan is the number one foreign-exchange trader in the world but ranks only seventh in Vietnam.
“we're the number one FX trade in the world, but we're number seven in Vietnam.”
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