E73: Remembering a Hanoi we once knew — with journalist David Stout
Before Ian Paynton co-founded WCC, and before journalist David Stout went on to report from Myanmar, Hong Kong, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Balkans and Saudi Arabia, the pair spent their days making a ...
8 Sep 27min
E72: What Singapore’s Ambassador learned from his first 10 months in Vietnam
What does Vietnam look like through the eyes of someone arriving at one of the most ambitious moments in its recent history? Ten months into his posting, Singapore’s Ambassador to Vietnam, Rajpal Sing...
25 Aug 26min
E71: Vietnam's young people have never had it better. Or is there something we're missing?
Vietnam's young people have more opportunity than any generation before them. They are globally connected, ambitious, educated, and growing up in one of the world's fastest-changing countries. But ben...
9 Juni 24min
E70: I was the US ambassador to Vietnam. Here’s why I’m betting on its future
In this 70th episode, former US ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius shares a rare, first-hand view of Vietnam’s transformation; from post-war recovery to one of the most dynamic economies in the world tod...
4 Maj 41min
E69: Go live or get left behind: inside Vietnam’s e-commerce boom
E-commerce in Vietnam is big, but it's about to get A LOT bigger. Right now, it’s sitting at around 12–15% of total retail. But it’s growing at 2–3x the speed of offline, and the way people buy in Vie...
13 Apr 38min
E68: The 9 cultural truths your brand MUST master to get started in Vietnam
You know the score! Vietnam is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world right now. But most global audiences and brands still don’t understand how it actually works. Sure, they see the headline...
31 Mars 35min
E67: Growing IRONMAN Vietnam: lessons in community, planning and reading the room
Triathlon participation in Vietnam has grown nearly 30x in a decade. And Danang is about to host its first full-distance Ironman. In this episode, Ian Paynton speaks to Rob Zamacona, the General Manag...
3 Mars 30min
E66: Building a life in Vietnam: identity, business, and the search for home
In this episode of You Don’t Know Vietnam, Ian Paynton is joined by Gauthier D'haenens, a Vietnamese-born Belgian adoptee who returned to Vietnam as an adult searching for his biological parents — and...
10 Feb 35min
