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alt=\"BFM Business\" width=\"165\" height=\"44\" \/><\/div><p>A French television and radio broadcaster specialising in economics, business and financial markets.<\/p><\/div><h2>China+1 and Vietnam\u2019s industrial role<\/h2><p class=\"mp-interview-description\">Micka\u00ebl Driol discusses diversification, industrial capabilities and Vietnam\u2019s role alongside China in Asian production networks.<\/p><\/div><\/section><details class=\"mp-source mp-source-details\"><summary>Interview details<\/summary><div class=\"mp-source-body\"><dl><dt>Guest<\/dt><dd>Micka\u00ebl Driol, CEO of Mekong Partners<\/dd><dt>Broadcaster<\/dt><dd>BFM Business<\/dd><dt>Format<\/dt><dd>Television interview<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/details><section class=\"mp-original\"><p class=\"mp-kicker\">Business perspectives<\/p><h2 id=\"bfm-context-title\">Diversification without losing industrial depth.<\/h2><div class=\"mp-key-themes\"><div class=\"mp-key-theme\"><h3>Reduce concentration<\/h3><p>Diversification can reduce single-country exposure without treating withdrawal from China as the starting point.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"mp-key-theme\"><h3>Protect industrial capability<\/h3><p>Supplier networks, engineering, machinery and technical expertise shape what a second location can support.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"mp-key-theme\"><h3>Define Vietnam\u2019s role<\/h3><p>Assess Vietnam as a complementary production platform within a wider regional network.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section><section aria-labelledby=\"bfm-framework-title\"><p class=\"mp-kicker\">Mekong Partners perspective<\/p><h2 id=\"bfm-framework-title\">Build a diversification decision around the production system.<\/h2><p>A useful review starts with the role of each activity: manufacturing, assembly, tooling, engineering, procurement and customer fulfilment. Moving a process does not automatically move the expertise, inputs or support on which that process depends. Map those dependencies before drawing a regional footprint.<\/p><div class=\"mp-questions\"><div class=\"mp-question\"><p><span class=\"mp-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\">01<\/span><\/p><div><h3>What exposure are you actually reducing?<\/h3><p>Separate supplier concentration, geography, transit routes, capacity constraints and customer requirements. Identify which risks a second location changes and which remain shared across the network. A different factory address can still depend on the same upstream inputs.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"mp-question\"><p><span class=\"mp-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\">02<\/span><\/p><div><h3>Which capabilities must travel with the process?<\/h3><p>Document tooling, process knowledge, maintenance, quality control, technical staffing and the supply of critical materials. Assign responsibility for qualification and assess how much support the new location needs during ramp-up.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"mp-question\"><p><span class=\"mp-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\">03<\/span><\/p><div><h3>What is the cost of running two systems?<\/h3><p>Review inventory, duplicated resources, oversight, logistics and transition effort alongside quoted unit costs. Test assumptions under slower qualification, lower initial utilisation and delayed customer approval rather than relying on one optimistic scenario.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>Stage the decision through a limited pilot, evidence-based scale-up gates and a continuity plan for existing production. Customs, origin, legal and technical conclusions require appropriate specialist validation; they should not be inferred from a high-level country comparison.<\/p><\/section><section class=\"mp-next\" aria-labelledby=\"bfm-next-title\"><h2 id=\"bfm-next-title\">Turn the regional map into a decision.<\/h2><p>Bring the product scope, current footprint and concentration concern. We can help structure the commercial and operating questions, identify evidence gaps and sequence the next review.<\/p><nav aria-label=\"Related diversification resources\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mekong-partners.com\/?page_id=12586\">Market entry \u2197<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mekong-partners.com\/?page_id=12609\">Operations &amp; supply chain \u2197<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mekong-partners.com\/?page_id=12747\">Discuss your project \u2197<\/a><\/nav><\/section><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mekong-partners.com\/?page_id=12436\">Media &amp; Press \u2197<\/a><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Television interview \/ BFM Business China+1 is a question of industrial architecture, not simply a choice of another country. 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