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Ireland’s Toga Group opens Vietnam office
[ February 23, 2026 // Chris Lewis ]Dublin headquartered Toga Group has opened its first wholly owned offices in Southeast Asia, in the port city of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
It has opened offices in the freight forwarders village adjacent to the International Airport, with shared, customs bonded warehousing for cross-docking activities in the nearby seaport.
Toga Group, which includes Toga Freight Services and Toga Customs Services in Ireland and Toga Freight UK and Irish Sea Logistics in the English Midlands, is aiming to become the consolidator of choice for Asian manufacturers and forwarders for the UK and Irish markets and says it will provide the only dedicated service direct to Ireland from ASEAN region and wider Far East markets.
Group chief executive Robert Dickinson (pictured, above) said: “Initially we reacted to customer requirements who had requested us to have a presence in the region to try and mitigate risks caused by global political and economic tension. During the due diligence process, which took over two years, we identified that Vietnam, and more specifically Ho Chi Minh City, is rapidly becoming the hub for sea freight from the region and the opportunities for a progressive Irish business like ours were very exciting.”
He adds that connections between Vietnam and Ireland have been strengthened in recent years and the investments in the region by Irish headquartered businesses continues to increase, saying: “We have already connected with several Irish owned subsidiaries who have expressed a desire to work with us”.
Toga Group’s Asia business unit manager, Michelle Geoghegan said: “As with all Toga operations, we rely on local heroes, and we are delighted that we have attracted some of the best freight forwarding and business development talent from the region to work for Toga Asia. They have fully subscribed to the Toga Family culture, and we have immersed ourselves in the culture of Southeast Asia.
“Our service offering has sparked a huge amount of interest amongst the 400 or so forwarders in HCMC, such that we expect our new LCL service to Ireland to be at capacity in the first month, allowing us to speed up our expansion, investment and growth in the service and the region.”
The opening of Toga Asia at is the first of five new business units that Toga will launch during 2026, says Dickinson: “Following three acquisitions and new depots in 2024, the following year was a planning and consolidation year, ahead of 2026 which has five major expansions scheduled. All of the developments are connected, including major alliances with UK and European networks, a physical presence in mainland Europe to assist with the Asian imports and UK exports and one more acquisition in the UK.
“Importantly for Toga, the expansion in 2024 and the planned growth in 2026 are all self-funded and Toga Group remains a debt free business, this allows us the flexibility to act quickly and decisively to react to opportunity.”
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