{"id":11365,"date":"2025-09-12T12:35:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/dhl-vietnam-threatens-to-destroy-entire-shipment-over-a-few-items\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T12:35:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:05:05","slug":"dhl-vietnam-threatens-to-destroy-entire-shipment-over-a-few-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/dhl-vietnam-threatens-to-destroy-entire-shipment-over-a-few-items\/","title":{"rendered":"DHL Vietnam threatens to destroy entire shipment over a few items"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DHL<\/p>\n

The DHL Vietnam saga has taken another surreal turn.<\/p>\n

This week, Pack & Send relayed DHL Vietnam\u2019s position: that my entire shipment should be destroyed because a small subset of items\u2014marital aids\/sex toys\u2014are prohibited under Vietnamese law. Even though you can buy them in bricks-and-mortar sex shops\u2014and of course online\u2014in Vietnam. <\/p>\n

Let\u2019s pause. If that claim is true (and this is the first I\u2019ve ever heard of it), then the solution is obvious: remove the offending items and release the rest of the shipment.<\/p>\n

Instead, DHL Vietnam suggests destruction of the whole consignment. That\u2019s not regulation\u2014that\u2019s disproportionality bordering on wilful misconduct<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019ve sent DHL and Pack & Send an explicit authorisation:<\/p>\n