Every week, Ho Chi Minh City-based journalist Mike Tatarski sits down with a guest doing unique, important work in - or about - Vietnam to get a panoramic view of this dynamic, increasingly important country.
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Today’s guest is former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius, whose personal history with Vietnam dates back to his first arrival in 1996. We talked about his ongoing engagement with the country spanning the public and private sectors, the current rapid pace of economic and regulatory change, looming challenges such as demographic change, the impact of Trump administration policies such as tariffs and the gutting of USAID, and why he is ultimately bullish on Vietnam’s future.
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23 Aug 2026
Electrifying Vietnam’s Apparel Industry
Today’s guest is Pete Ford, Clean Heat Technical Lead at the Apparel Impact Institute (https://apparelimpact.org/) (AII). We discussed the most carbon-intensive aspects of apparel production, the global goal of eliminating on-site coal from factories by 2030, Vietnam’s advantages in embracing more sustainable manufacturing, and a factory in the country’s north that is a world-first in terms of electrification.
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19 Jul 2026
From the Boardroom to the Rice Paddy
Today’s guest is Cat-Thao Nguyen, the founder of Earth Water (https://www.earthwaterfarms.com/), a pesticide-free rice brand from Tây Ninh Province. We talked about Cat-Thao’s unconventional journey from corporate boardrooms and executive coaching to a rice paddy in rural Vietnam, the spiritual connection she feels to the land of her ancestors, what living in a low-income community has shown her after spending years in the relative prosperity of Ho Chi Minh City, and more.
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3,135
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5.0 / 5
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Spotify
5.0 / 5
17 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 69 / 100
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Engagement
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