Saola
Vietnam sourcing, proven.

Find the real factories.

Under the 2026 tariff and origin rules, finding a Vietnamese supplier is not enough. You have to prove it's real. Saola visits every factory in person and gives you the evidence.

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S4 Export-Verified — Đức Hòa, Tây Ninh11.0142°N 106.4102°E · 2026-05-12 09:41 ICT
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  • Đức Hòa, Tây Ninh
  • Site-visited 12 May 2026
The problem

You don't have a discovery problem. You have a truth problem.

Directories list everyone. AI agents summarize listings. Neither can tell you whether that "factory" is a real production line or a trading shell wearing a Vietnamese label. That mistake now costs a 40% transshipment penalty and a CBP referral.

40%US penalty on transshipped goods, with no standard mitigation.
2Section 301 investigations opened in 2026 that name Vietnam directly.
80.1%of Vietnam's Q1-2026 exports came from foreign-invested factories, while domestic factories shrank 16.6%.

Buyers must prove where goods come from. Capable Vietnamese factories can't get seen. Saola sits in between.

Verification

Trust you can read, rung by rung.

Six levels. Every level shows its evidence date, the verifier, and the method. Tiers expire and are re-verified every 12–18 months.

Public registry record only, labeled unverified.
We cross-check the tax code and business registration, then label the entity type: factory, trading, hybrid, or broker.
A local verifier visits and records geo-tagged, timestamped photo and video of production.
We document machines, capacity, and key staff, and watch a sample produced under QC.
We corroborate export history through US bills of lading, buyer references, and C/O review.
A third-party audit (BSCI, SMETA, ISO, or HACCP) is on file, partner-delivered and validated by Saola.
Two paths

Source from Vietnam with the evidence in writing.

Tell us your category and spec, and in about ten business days you get a Verified Shortlist of five to eight matched factories, each with a full evidence dossier and indicative pricing. If we can't find at least five qualified matches, you get your money back.

  • Entity type labeled on every profile.
  • Origin evidence built for the 2026 CBP regime.
  • Data that's 100% legally sourced and supplier-consented.
Create your account

Bring your factory to the world.

Foreign buyers are looking for verified Vietnamese factories right now. In the pilot, verification is free: we build you a bilingual profile from photos of your workshop and open a real RFQ inbox. You pay nothing until you win business.

  • Verification is free during the pilot.
  • A bilingual profile + real RFQs from foreign buyers.
  • Your photos and documents stay yours, shared only with your consent.

A Saola visit is a friendly, professional walkthrough. Relationships open doors; they never buy a tier.

Schedule a call with a verifierOr message us on Zalo.
The 2026 window

"Can your supplier prove origin?" is now a permanent question.

However the 2026 decisions land, origin proof is now the gating asset for every Vietnam order. Saola Origin builds that proof and keeps it in a vault you can share with any buyer.

Section 122 tariff lapses · ~24 Jul 2026Two Section 301 determinations naming Vietnam · mid-to-late 2026

We provide evidence and risk assessment, not a guaranteed customs ruling.

Data ethics

Built on data we can actually show you where we got.

Saola's intelligence comes from US bills of lading (public records), public Vietnamese registries, and documents suppliers consent to share with us. We never buy or resell gray-market Vietnam customs data. Vietnam's 2026 data laws are exactly why that matters.

Ask your current data vendor where their Vietnam records come from.

Why "Saola"?

The saola is Vietnam's "Asian unicorn": a real animal so rare that almost no outsider has ever seen one. A genuinely verified Vietnamese factory is the same kind of find. Its twin horns became our double-check.

Read our story

New, and deliberately transparent about it.

Pilot in Vietnam's Southern industrial corridor: Tây Ninh, HCMC, Đồng Nai.
Native, Vietnam-based verifiers on the ground.
Every tier shows evidence date, verifier, and method.
Verifier rotation, hash-stamped evidence, and random re-verification.

We'd rather show you our method than borrow someone else's logo.

Find the real factories.

Create your account and start a Verified Shortlist.

Create your account

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Schedule a free call with a Saola verifier.

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