Vietnamese top list of most online shoppers in SEA

Việt Nam has the highest rate of population shopping on e-commerce platforms in Southeast Asia region with some 49.3 million people.

Exports dependence on FDI sector concerns experts Việt Nam has enjoyed high export growth but experts are concerned that the main contributor is foreign direct investment (FDI).

Farmers urged to use high-tech practices to enter global value chains

Farming households in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta need to apply high-tech practices to develop value-added agricultural products that can enter global value chains, Lê Minh Hoan, deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has said. 

Law on electronic transactions to be amended The Ministry of Information and Communications is proposing to amend and supplement some articles to the Law on Electronic Transactions No. 51/2005/QH11 in order to solve some shortcomings to fit current reality.

More Vietnamese use ride-hailing services: white book

The number of Vietnamese using ride-haling services has increased rapidly in recent years, signalling the potential for the development of the sharing economy in the country.

Law should be changed to better protect online consumers

While more and more Vietnamese people are turning to e-commerce, the current consumer protection law does not properly cover online shoppers.

Investing in automation will help logistics firms compete As the pandemic brings opportunities to the e-commerce sector, the local logistics industry also has a chance to grow.

E-commerce targets to grow 25 per cent per year, more than half of population to shop online by 2025

Việt Nam has set a target that the e-commerce industry would grow by 25 per cent per year to reach US$35 billion with more than half of the population shopping online by the end of 2025.

First White Book on Vietnamese Co-operatives released The General Statistics Office released its first White Book on co-operatives in Việt Nam on Tuesday

Business survey begins on April 1 The General Statistics Office (GSO) began its 2020 survey of businesses on April 1 to collect basic information for management and policy making.