A number of Israeli importers have participated in exhibitions in Vietnam to seek contracts with local suppliers, according to the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce (FICC).

Training human resources in e-commerce is among focuses in plans on e-commerce development for 2024 of many localities, according to the Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economic Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

VOV.VN - Vietnam welcomes the US Department of Commerce (DOC)’s consideration of upgrading Vietnam to 'market economy' status, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said at the ministry’s routine press briefing in Hanoi on May 9.

VOV.VN - The United States Department of Commerce heard testimony on May 8 regarding whether or not to designate Vietnam as a "market economy”, gathering responses from many experts.

VOV.VN - The Canadian city of Quebec views Vietnam as a gateway to the Indo-Pacific, which can be considered a rapidly growing and dynamic region, according to Florent Favrel, director of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce of Quebec.

VOV.VN - Numerous Vietnamese products were introduced to potential African partners, such as coffee, pepper, cashew nuts, macadamia nuts, coconut rice, pharmaceuticals and handicrafts at the 10th African Investment, Commerce Forum (AFIC10) held in Algiers, Algeria, on May 4 and May 5.

The Vietnam Trade Office in Algeria and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Algeria’s Annaba province have recently held a seminar to introduce the potential for trade and investment partnerships between the two countries.

Vietnam has emerged as one of the most promising shoppertainment markets and is expected to become an e-commerce powerhouse in Southeast Asia.

The e-commerce market of Vietnam was robust in the first quarter of this year with total revenue of the top five platforms, including Shopee, TikTok Shop, Lazada, Tiki and Sendo, reaching more than VND71 trillion (US$2.79 billion), an increase of 79% over the same period last year, according to a recent report by Metric.

The Vietnam Online Business Forum 2024, themed “Sustainable E-Commerce”, kicked off in Hanoi on April 25.