The move from Chinese to Vietnamese production trades a supplier you knew for one you're still learning. Until that trust exists, every run needs receipts: freight from Haiphong or Ho Chi Minh City lands at our Miami dock, gets counted, quality-screened and photographed, then prepped and released into Amazon FBA in controlled shipments. Your new factory earns its reputation at our bench — not in your seller metrics.
Vietnam's rise as a US-bound manufacturing base is the biggest sourcing story since China joined the WTO — footwear and sneakers, garment programs, wood and rattan furniture-adjacent goods, backpacks and gear. Tariff math and diversification pushed the orders there; what didn't transfer with them is the decade of trust sellers had built with their old Chinese suppliers.
That's the specific gap this lane fills. A first run from a Binh Duong workshop or a Haiphong-side garment factory is a bet, and shipping that bet straight into Amazon means grading your new supplier with your own account health. Routed through Miami instead, the run gets opened, counted against the order, and screened piece-by-sample — with photos your factory sees days later, not months.
Once a supplier proves out, the same dock becomes your volume machine: containers from Cat Lai or Haiphong drain into buffer racks, FBA draws replenishment in slices, and — for sellers still running both origins — Chinese and Vietnamese stock merge into one US inventory with one report. The comparison between your two supply bases stops being a feeling and becomes a column of numbers.
| Lane detail | Vietnam → Miami → FBA |
|---|---|
| Sea routings in | Haiphong (north VN) and Cat Lai / Cai Mep (south VN) → PortMiami |
| Air option | SGN / HAN → MIA, ~10 min out |
| Signature categories | Footwear, garments, wood & rattan home goods, bags & gear |
| New-supplier runs | screened & photo-scored |
| Dual-origin sellers | China + Vietnam stock unified in one Miami inventory |
| Clock offset | VN 11–12h ahead — async flip |
Haiphong and Cat Lai sailings unloaded at our dock after a 25-minute drayage from PortMiami — 20–53 ft boxes, palletized or floor-loaded.
Early production runs opened wide: counts, workmanship sampling, packaging review — a photographed record that grades the factory, run after run.
Boxed pairs verified matching, size-stickered, shoeboxes protected as sellable packaging, size curves sorted into clean per-SKU stock.
Vietnamese apparel and gear poly bagged with warnings, FNSKU labeled and scan-verified, bundled where listings sell in sets.
Flat-packs checked for complete hardware, finishes inspected, weak export cartons re-boxed to survive parcel-level abuse downstream.
Proven volume lands into Miami racks and drains into FBA on your triggers — the storage model our inventory storage guide covers in depth.
DDP from Haiphong, Cat Lai or by air — delivered to 8871 NW 102nd St, Medley, FL with your reference.
Counts against order documents, workmanship sampling, packaging review — photographed and reported same day.
Bagging, labeling, size sorting and re-boxing completed within 24–48 hours of a clean screen.
FBA gets its slice; findings go back to Vietnam in time to shape the next run. Trust compounds.
Better to learn that at our bench than in your reviews. The run gets documented unit-type by unit-type, sellable stock still launches, and your factory gets photo-specific feedback for run two.
Consolidate the US side. Both origins deliver to one Miami dock, live in one inventory, and feed one FBA pipeline — the migration happens upstream without your fulfillment noticing.
A shoebox is retail packaging, not a shipping carton. We protect or over-box footwear before it enters Amazon's network, and crushed-box complaints stop showing up in your feedback.
Missing screw packs are the classic wood-goods defect. We open, verify hardware against the manifest, add what you supply for shortfalls, and re-seal — before a buyer builds half a shelf.
Your Vietnamese factory or forwarder ships to our Miami warehouse — sea from Haiphong in the north or Ho Chi Minh City's Cat Lai terminal in the south, air via SGN or HAN. On arrival we count the load against your order documents, screen output quality with photos, complete all FBA prep, and release inventory into Amazon at a pace your account can absorb.
Because a new factory relationship is an unproven one. The China+1 shift hands your product to workshops that have never run your spec, and the first few production runs are where surprises live: different materials, different packing habits, different QC culture. Our intake turns each early run into a scored, photographed record — evidence for the keep-or-switch decision every relocating seller eventually faces.
Whichever is nearer your factory — the north's industrial zones ship through Haiphong, the south through Cat Lai / Cai Mep. Both routings reach the US East Coast and enter through PortMiami, 25 minutes of drayage from our dock. From our receiving table onward the two are indistinguishable; your forwarder optimizes the water leg.
Yes — footwear is Vietnam's signature export and a prep-heavy category. Each boxed pair is checked for matching sizes, size-stickered where the listing needs it, and the shoebox itself gets protected or bagged so it survives Amazon's handling as the sellable packaging it is. Mixed size runs are sorted into per-SKU inventory before any shipment builds.
We regularly receive Vietnam's wood and rattan side: shelving, small tables, organizers, woven storage and decor. These arrive as flat-packs or bulky cartons on pallets, get opened for hardware and finish checks, re-boxed where export cartons won't survive parcel handling, and forwarded to FBA properly packaged. Tell us dimensions up front and we'll confirm fit before you book.
The early-run classics: finish inconsistencies between cartons, mislabeled size curves on garments and shoes, hardware packs missing from flat-packs, packaging that meets the factory's standard but not Amazon's. Each finding is photographed and reported the day we open the cartons — feedback your new factory receives while the next run can still be corrected.
Your side, through the forwarder or broker you appoint — DDP terms keep it simplest, with everything settled before the truck reaches us. We are not an Importer of Record; our work starts when cleared freight hits our dock in Medley, FL. If you're new to the Vietnam lane, we can point you toward brokers our clients already route through.
That's the point of a US-side hub during a sourcing transition. Chinese and Vietnamese production arrive on their own vessels, but they land in one inventory, under one reporting format, feeding one FBA pipeline. You can compare the two origins' defect rates side by side — and shift volume between them without touching your fulfillment setup.
Vietnam runs 11–12 hours ahead of Miami — close to a clean flip. Intake reports and photos leave our warehouse during your night and open your morning in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City; your instructions arrive during ours. Pre-agreed handling rules on the account keep shipments moving through the flip without waiting on anyone's alarm clock.
The usual arc: a trial LCL or air consignment proves the factory and our reporting, the second cycle moves to a shared or full container, and by the third the rhythm is set — containers land into Miami buffer storage and FBA draws replenishments weekly or on triggers. Per-unit pricing doesn't change with scale games; the rate sheet you start with is the one you grow on.
Tell us the product, whether your factory ships through Haiphong or Ho Chi Minh City, and the size of the next run. Within one business day you'll have per-unit pricing, forwarder instructions, and a screening plan for the first arrival.
