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Close to the field.
Clear to the client.

05 / COMPANY

Vietnam Fieldwork is an independent research operations partner for teams outside Vietnam. We make local execution visible, legible, and useful.

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Why we exist

Good research can still fail in the last mile.

International teams often know exactly what they need to learn. The difficulty is turning that intent into credible local evidence: finding the right people, asking the question naturally, noticing operational drift, and explaining what the field team is seeing.

Vietnam Fieldwork is built around that gap. We combine local research operations with communication designed for stakeholders who may never enter the field themselves.

That means practical feasibility advice, carefully localized materials, accountable coordination, transparent quality controls, and a delivery package that preserves context rather than stripping it away.

The founders

International clarity.
Vietnamese context.

Vietnam Fieldwork is led by two founders who connect Western client expectations with the realities of research on the ground. Clients speak directly with the people accountable for feasibility, field execution, quality, and reporting.

Timothy Ericsson, co-founder of Vietnam Fieldwork

01 / United States + Vietnam

Co-founder · Client partnerships & quality

Timothy Ericsson

Timothy is an American operator based in Vietnam. He is married to a Vietnamese national and is legally authorized to work in the country. He helps international clients turn commercial questions into practical local research plans, with clear communication from the first feasibility check through final delivery.

Client communication and study scoping
Research design alignment and quality oversight
English-language reporting for international teams

Đức Nhật, co-founder of Vietnam Fieldwork

02 / Vietnam

Co-founder · Field operations & local insight

Đức Nhật

Đức Nhật is a Vietnamese fieldwork specialist who attended Trường Đại học Tài chính - Marketing. He leads the local side of each engagement, bringing cultural fluency, practical market access, and close control of the people and processes that produce the data.

Participant recruitment and local market access
Field-team coordination and material localization
Day-to-day supervision and quality controls

Together

One accountable team for the client conversation and the field reality.

How we behave

Operating principles

Local context, made explicit

We surface the assumptions, norms, and operational realities that an overseas team cannot see from the brief alone.

One accountable lead

Your project has a clear owner for feasibility, field decisions, status, and delivery, not a chain of forwarded messages.

Evidence over reassurance

Quality controls, exceptions, and exclusions are documented so your team can understand what happened in field.

No black-box fieldwork

You see the plan, progress, risks, and decisions while there is still time to act on them.

Who we work with

A local partner for teams with a wider view.

Research agencies

A dependable Vietnam workstream inside a regional or global program.

Corporate insight teams

Direct in-market execution with a clear line from brief to evidence.

Consultancies & investors

Primary evidence for market questions, diligence, and commercial decisions.

Product & strategy teams

Local users, buyers, operators, and experts brought into the development process.

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Let’s make Vietnam field-ready.

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Close to the field.Clear to the client.