The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (VIETRADE) at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and e-commerce platform Sendo.vn are helping businesses to sell farm produce online and promote digital transformation and the application of technology in trade activities.

E-commerce websites will be given ratings to increase customers’ trust in purchasing and payment activities in the online environment.

Vietnam is improving its legal framework to promote the development of e-commerce with a focus on preventing trade fraud.

An e-commerce credit evaluation system is needed to increase customer confidence in purchase and payment.

Foreign tech giants like Facebook, Google, and YouTube will have to pay taxes in Vietnam under a draft circular, after years of invoicing their revenues out of the country.

Companies are expected to implement digital strategies to continue to reach customers, experts said while alluding to trends in the e-commerce market this year.

Revenues posted by e-commerce platforms for January were up 30% year-on-year despite there being fewer promotions than in previous years, figures from the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the platforms reveal.

VOV.VN - In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, local coffee firms have devised a long-term strategic vision, changed their business mindset, and invested in processing technology in an effort to increase the added value of coffee beans.

The General Department for Market Surveillance has shown determination in the fight against counterfeit goods and trade fraud products in e-commerce channels.

Amid the complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, ministries and localities are urgently implementing action programmes to sustain economic growth while keeping the disease at bay.