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Our Services: SEO, AI Search Visibility, Web Design and Development

A senior, in-house team in Ho Chi Minh City building fast websites and growing organic and AI search visibility for brands in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany and Asia. At Vietnamese cost.

+0Organic impressions growth, documented
100/100Lighthouse performance on Ski.com
2016Building from Ho Chi Minh City since
2Named leads on every account: Project Lead and Tech Lead

What we do

Three pillars, one team. Build earns trust. Grow compounds. Support keeps the relationship going for years.

01 / Build

Build and Development

Websites and AI workflows that perform like products.

Tooling chosen for the project, not the agency's habits. Every site renders server-side, so Google and AI crawlers can read it.

BVIS dashboard screens on tablet and desktop

Proof: McLaren · Ski.com · BVIS

02 / Grow

Grow

Growth, run as one system.

SEO and generative engine optimisation as one strategy and one budget. When a buyer asks Google, ChatGPT or Perplexity, the answer should be you.

Skier carving down a slope, from the Ski.com project

Proof: VALO · Ski.com · Guide to AI search visibility

Who we work with

Mostly international companies, many with no Vietnam office, who want senior digital work without a first-world agency price tag.

F&B and hospitality

Restaurants, hotels and travel brands that depend on local and AI-assisted discovery.

Retail and e-commerce

Product feeds and category pages that AI shopping answers can read.

Education

International schools competing for parents who research for months.

B2B services

Long sales cycles, small keyword universes, high value per lead.

SaaS and technology

Comparison queries and integration pages that AI models quote from.

Why brands offshore their digital work to Vietnam

One mid-level SEO hire in the UK, US or Australia costs more than an entire team in Ho Chi Minh City. It only works if the quality holds. The case studies are there to check.

In-house hire
Local agency
Saigon Digital
What you get
One generalist
An account manager and a shared junior
Strategist, technical SEO, content, developer, designer
Time to productive
Three to six months
Four to eight weeks
Two weeks, from the audit
Build capability
None, you still need developers
Usually outsourced
In-house, the team that recommends it builds it
If it doesn't work out
Redundancy and rehiring
Notice period on the retainer
Notice period, and you keep every asset

Offshore only saves money if the work doesn't need redoing, so we price above the bottom of the Vietnamese market. Read more: GEO agency vs in-house · SEO outsourcing

Our process

How we work

Five steps, in the same order, on every engagement.

01

Audit

Site, search visibility, AI citations and competitors. The findings are yours either way.

02

Strategy

A prioritised plan tied to outcomes: what happens in month one, and what it achieves by month six.

03

Build or optimise

The team that wrote the recommendation implements it. No handover gap.

04

Measure

One dashboard. Weekly written updates, monthly reports.

05

Iterate

Quarterly reviews. What worked gets more budget. What didn't gets cut.

How engagements are shaped

Projects: scoped, signed
Where most relationships start.
Website projectAudit90-day GEO kick starterBank of hours
Retainers: monthly, recurring
Usually blended across Build, Grow and Support.
AI and GEO growthSEOHostingMaintenance and support

Projects are quoted after the audit. If your budget can't move the needle, we'll say so.

Ready to start with the audit?
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The standard every project ships to

Lighthouse above 95On key pages. Ski.com reads 100.
Crawlable by defaultRendered for machines and humans alike.
Outcomes, not dashboardsEvery recommendation tied to a measurable result, tracked across Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini.
A second pair of eyesCode reviewed by a second engineer before merge.

What we don't sell

One-off social posting
Standalone logo design
Cheap template work on a deadline
Guaranteed rankings
Bought links

Saying no is part of the service.

Frequently asked questions

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What services does Saigon Digital offer?

We offer web design and development, web apps and custom software, AI agents and workflows, HubSpot development, SEO, AI search visibility and generative engine optimisation, content, data and dashboards, and hosting, maintenance and support on retainer. Everything sits under one of three pillars: Build, Grow or Support.

Do you work with companies outside Vietnam?

Yes, and most of our clients are. We work with brands headquartered in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany and across the EU and Asia. Many have no presence in Vietnam at all. We also work with international companies that operate a Vietnam office.

How much cheaper is a Vietnamese agency than one in my home country?

Substantially, because the cost base is different, not because the work is thinner. A single mid-level specialist in the UK, US or Australia typically costs more per year than a full Saigon Digital team. The saving only holds if the quality does, which is why we price above the bottom of the local market. Our guide on how to choose an SEO agency covers what to check before you commit.

What is AI search visibility, and why does it matter now?

AI search visibility is whether tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews mention and cite your brand when someone asks a question in your category. It matters because AI answers increasingly replace the click. Being ranked but not cited means being invisible to a growing share of buyers.

How long before we see results from SEO?

For most sites, meaningful movement takes three to six months, with compounding gains after that. Technical fixes can show up in weeks. New content on a young domain takes longer. We set expectations at the audit stage rather than after you have signed. We have written up the typical SEO results timeline in detail.

Which industries do you specialise in?

F&B and hospitality, retail and e-commerce, education, B2B and professional services, and SaaS and technology. We take work outside these sectors when the fit is right, but these are where we have the deepest pattern library.

Do we need a new website, or can you work with what we have?

Either. A good share of our growth work runs on sites we did not build. If the platform is holding back performance or crawlability, we will say so and show you the numbers, but we will not push a rebuild you do not need.

How do you handle time zones and communication?

We work Vietnam hours with a committed overlap window for each client region, and we run on written updates rather than standing calls. You get weekly written updates, monthly reports and a quarterly roadmap review, plus a named Project Lead and Tech Lead you can contact directly.

What size of company do you usually work with?

Mostly small and mid-sized international businesses and the local arms of larger groups. We are a fit for companies that want senior thinking and hands-on implementation from the same team. We are not a fit for organisations that need a large agency's procurement and compliance machinery.

How do we get started?

Tell us what you are working on. We will run an initial audit and give you an honest answer about whether we can help and exactly how. If we are not the right fit, we will say so.

Start with the audit.

You'll get an honest answer about whether we can help, and exactly how.