To answer this question, let's look at the products of leading domestic corporations. A typical example is Vingroup, a business with a very diverse product portfolio. However, most of the corporation's products only stop at the level of meeting basic needs, not really bringing outstanding experiences or comfort and excitement to users.

Compared with Apple - a leading American company - the difference is quite clear. Although Apple's products are often only improved step by step, the user experience is always at a very high level: the products are warmly received, rarely complained about, bring real value, and are supported by a large, diverse and effective ecosystem. Therefore, despite the high price, users are still willing to pay.

Good product experiences often stem from the life experiences and working environment of the team that creates them. Only when people live and work in a comfortable, professional, and creative environment can they create outstanding products.

Considering many aspects that affect people's life experiences, such as:

- Living environment and urban space.

- Organization, level of professionalism at work.

- Transportation system and infrastructure.

- Living standards, income, social welfare.

- Ability to cooperate, work in groups.

- Policies to support research and innovation.

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Vietnam still has many limitations compared to the US and developed countries. This partly explains why even a large corporation like Vingroup - the leader in the country - but the products brought to the international market are still only considered average.

If a leading company does not meet high standards, it will be difficult for medium and small businesses to create outstanding products. At that time, most products only met the basic needs of the domestic market, it was very difficult to attract foreign currency from abroad, and it was even more difficult to expand to the global market.

Therefore, in the current period, it can be seen that Vietnam is not really a "good manufacturing country" in the sense of creating strong branded products that are internationally competitive. Instead, a more realistic direction is to focus on processing and manufacturing according to orders for global corporations. This is the way to take advantage of labor, accumulate experience, and improve production capacity - before moving on to building strong brands that are internationally competitive.