As Vietnamese enterprises are facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic, online trading is considered a "tool" to help them turn the situation around, and at the same time opening up many opportunities for businesses to join the global supply chain.

Some special cooperation programmes are being carried out by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) with a view to helping Vietnamese enterprises boost exports via e-commerce giant Amazon.

Vietnam looks to connect 5 million farming households to e-commerce platforms this year, which would create breakthroughs in the development of the digital economy in the agriculture sector, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Anh Tuan said.

Vietnam's tax authorities will give five more months for e-commerce platforms to set up data connectivity and begin sharing online sellers' information from January 2022.

The Vietnam – Korea Business Forum with the theme of “Cooperation for a sustainable future” was held virtually on July 8.

Online B2C transactions to Europe will be subject to value added tax (VAT) from July 1, the Vietnam Trade Office in Belgium and European Union (EU) has said.

VOV.VN - More than three tonnes of Bac Giang lychees have been exported to the EU via the local trading platform Voso and have since passed through customs clearance at Germany’s Frankfurt airport, according to the Department of E-Commerce and Digital Economy.

IT firms are ready to complete e-commerce platforms for farmers, unveiled Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung at a teleconference on digital transformation in agriculture and rural development held on June 18.

Wildlife trafficking in Vietnam remains complicated both before and during COVID-19, a report released on June 18 by the People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature) non-profit organisation showed.

A host of events and activities will be held virtually on Cashless Day 2021 (June 16) to raise public awareness of non-cash payment and contribute to achieving goals set by the national financial inclusion strategy by 2025, with a vision towards 2030.