VOV.VN - Making the most of the high-quality services and open mechanisms of Singapore is key to help Vietnamese SMEs expand their export markets and overcome challenges to penetrate regional and global markets, according to industry insiders.

The Vietnam Tourism Association (VITA) in conjunction with the Vietnam E-Commerce Association (VECOM) on September 30 organised an online forum on digital transformation to promote Vietnam's tourism development in the context of global COVID-19 outbreak.

VOV.VN - The country will change from outsourcing and assembling information communications and technlogy (ICT) products and services to designing and producing "Made in Vietnam" products, according to Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Anh Tuan.

Despite market gyrations, Southeast Asia and Vietnam especially remain on the radar of high-calibre foreign investors.

Regional Manager for Asia-Pacific of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKO) Johannes Brunner has expressed his impression on Vietnam’s development, especially its positive economic growth in the first eight months of this year despite the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic.

Grab and MoMo are veterans in their core business fields, but they are the newcomers in the e-commerce market.

Retailers in Ho Chi Minh City have quickly adapted to the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by resorting to e-commerce and delivery services.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Industry and Trade has unveiled a project to promote exports over the next five years.

Online shopping and electronic payments in Vietnam have become more common in recent years as more of the country's population gains access to the internet.

Nearly 45 million Vietnamese people now access online shopping, a forum on domestic consumption trends on August 20 in Hanoi heard.