This idea was shared by many of the domestic and foreign experts attending a seminar on June 5 in Ho Chi Minh City on boosting Vietnamese exports through e-commerce.
In recent years, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has been actively assisting businesses to apply e-commerce in their operations, including exports and imports.
However, Vietnamese businesses still lack general information about markets, legal corridors, partners and import-export procedures.
This is attributable to the businesses themselves because they have not been proactive in searching for information, said Tran Huu Linh, Head of the E-commerce and Information Technology Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
“Businesses should learn more about the importance of e-commerce,” he said, adding that each one needs to work out its own strategy for using the technology.
Mr Linh also stressed the need to develop specialized e-commerce trading floors.
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