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# Intelligence: Food & Beverage Import in Vietnam

## Industry Context

- **Payment pressure:** Perishability creates urgency; Demurrage extremely costly for fresh goods

- **Operational control:** container tracking for demurrage avoidance; Fast EUR payments via SEPA

## Country Context

- **Use case:** Pay Vietnamese manufacturers for textiles, electronics, furniture

- **Settlement:** T+0 (2.3s avg within Unicorn network)

- **Banking:** **Bank Code + Account** (Bank code and account number (SWIFT for international))

- **Regulatory:** State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) foreign exchange controls; Tax identification number (TIN) required for suppliers

## Key Industries in Country

- Textile & Garment

- Electronics Assembly

- Furniture

- Footwear

- Agriculture