Postal Mail absolutely will not deliver to some parts in Philippines/Vietnam/Thailand. I can speak more accurately to Philippines, where parts in Luzon will not get serviced/it gets cosigned to a local carrier, LBC and even then they rely on the package having a reliable phone number/email address as they'll have to contact the receiver and pay for the service.
Metro Manila is pretty much okay, but, even down south of Visayas (including Cebu, Ilo Ilo/Bocold) and especially Mindanao - Philippine Mail is not used at all, packages are cosigned to LBC to be picked up at their place, which ususally is a landmark like a Mall or town center. But usually Mall, if that area has it.
The Philippines Mail system is a bit of a fun system, being founded by Spain, then USA take over (but not per se the USPS.)
Postal Mail absolutely will not deliver to some parts in Philippines/Vietnam/Thailand.
Absolutely true in the Philippines; I'm in the Visayas. Cosigned to LBC or JRS Express.
As for a "fun system" it's also true that if you are having anything delivered to your home, you had better have a clearly printed phone number on the package. Too many Filipino couriers fail to find your address because of the way many barangays are numbered (for instance, 'Block 15, Lot 48, Barangay X'.
100% correct on block/lot BS. This is why it becomes easier to just deliver to a Mall, or having to include your number all over the package, on the info slip and trying to wrap it up in plastic tenfold to check if it was "inspected" or contents removed.
The Philippines are the most extreme example of logistics difficulties. Even so the issue isn't the spread out population but the fact that ecomm penetration in the Philippines is significantly less per capita therefore the profits simply aren't there yet. Compare that to Indonesia where infrastructure is similar but penetration is much higher and 3PL deliver literally to the middle of Borneo.
Postal Mail absolutely will not deliver to some parts in Philippines/Vietnam/Thailand. I can speak more accurately to Philippines, where parts in Luzon will not get serviced/it gets cosigned to a local carrier, LBC and even then they rely on the package having a reliable phone number/email address as they'll have to contact the receiver and pay for the service.
Metro Manila is pretty much okay, but, even down south of Visayas (including Cebu, Ilo Ilo/Bocold) and especially Mindanao - Philippine Mail is not used at all, packages are cosigned to LBC to be picked up at their place, which ususally is a landmark like a Mall or town center. But usually Mall, if that area has it.
The Philippines Mail system is a bit of a fun system, being founded by Spain, then USA take over (but not per se the USPS.)