Vietnamese trading companies are generally not aware of the importance of managing logistics and the supply chain as well as the potential benefits associated therewith. As a result, logistics is often equated with transport and the outsourcing of non-transport services the exception rather than the rule(Razzaque,1997). The situation will probably gradually change as outsourcing of end-to-end logistics activities is newly emerging . As the management of the supply chain becomes more complex, the trend for outsourcing is expected to develop in Vietnam in the near future.