Vietnam can become the second largest digital economy in Southeast Asia in 2025, while the country’s e-commerce market will draw more large-scale businesses, forecast experts at an online seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on April 20.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City will host its economic forum 2022 themed "Digital economy: Growth engine and future development of HCM City" from April 14 to 16, the municipal People's Committee announced on March 28 at a press conference.

There remains great potential for Vietnam and Malaysia to promote economic and trade cooperation, especially in information and communication technology (ICT), infrastructure investment, digital economy and Halal foods.

VOV.VN - Russian news agency Sputnik has recently quoted experts as saying Vietnam’s potential fields such as digital economy, renewable energy, health care and logistics are expected to attract investment flows from the United States in the coming time.

Vietnam’s e-commerce has been growing in a robust pace in the wake of COVID-19, fuelling a boom in transport and express delivery services.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s State visit to Singapore from February 24-26 shows the importance of Vietnam-Singapore relations in their foreign policies, an expert has said.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has approved a programme promoting the development and use of national digital platforms serving digital transformation and building of e-Government, digital economy and digital society.

Vietnam’s fast-growing digital economy is likely to help the country become a high-income economy by 2045, according to an article established on eastspring.com on February 10.

More than 463,000 people have used Mobile Money as of February 11, over one month after the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) and the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) launched the cashless payment service.

Online shopping will still be booming this year, even if the COVID-19 pandemic is over, experts have said.