10-01-2019 00:00
Vietnam is not only a “dragon being unleashed” by virtue of its flourishing digital economy, as Google and Singaporean state investment fund Temasek have assessed in their recent report. The country is more than that, in the eyes of Jack Ma, a billionaire and the founder of the largest Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba, Vietnam is the “new gold mine” that has grabbed the whole world’s attention. Huu Tuan reports.
07-01-2019 17:26
Vietnam is a land of opportunity for foreign and domestic e-commerce companies because of its young population, high Internet penetration rate (ranked 17th in the world), and rising smartphone penetration rates.
28-12-2018 11:00
Traditional traders and local players rejoiced Thursday (Dec 27) at new e-commerce rules imposed by the Indian government on global giants such as Amazon and Walmart which analysts said could force them to rethink their Indian operations.
23-12-2018 13:55
The past four years have seen a busy journey for the e-commerce market in the Southeast Asian region.
12-12-2018 15:33
In tackling violations by e-commerce firms related to low-quality goods and fake discounts, the opening of dedicated shopping websites is set to become an inevitable trend in order to avoid negative impacts from conducting business on common e-commerce platforms, and reducing dependence on them.
Anh Huong reports.
30-11-2018 09:22
Spain's top department store chain El Corte Ingles on Thursday (Nov 29) announced a collaboration with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.
27-11-2018 14:00
Existing tiny fines are not likely to prevent violations of Vietnamese regulations on promotions, especially as the festive season is around the corner, and e-commerce platforms are enticing sales campaigns once again. Kim Anh Huong reports.
22-11-2018 17:00
The Vietnamese internet economy has almost tripled in three years to reach US$9 billion in 2018, driven by e-commerce and online media, a new report released by Google and Temasek showed.
19-11-2018 16:40
The Internet economy is set to create 1.7 million full-time jobs in Southeast Asia by 2025, three times the number in 2018.
19-11-2018 11:40
The accumulated losses of MoMo, the e-wallet and payment app of M-Service JSC, has increased to nearly VND600 billion ($26 million), catching up to Tiki and Shopee.
13-11-2018 11:57
Fake discounts, which are occassionally applied by Lazada and other e-commerce platforms, may occur again on the Single Day promotion season this year.
12-11-2018 08:42
BEIJING: Sneakers on a popular Chinese e-commerce platform look like Adidas, but are branded "Ababis". Underwear resembling Calvin Klein are called "Caiwen Kani". Toys with an uncanny resemblance to a certain blockbuster movie franchise opt for "Star Wnrs".
10-11-2018 11:12
Online shopping is expected to surge in the remaining months of this year with many e-commerce players launching promotions.
07-11-2018 14:00
The strong growth of the e-commerce sector has been turning Vietnam into a major magnet for investment in the capital-thirsty logistics industry. Bich Ngoc reports.
01-11-2018 11:19
The failure of traditional retailers like US-based Sears signals the rise of e-commerce platforms and non-seller stores, which have been developed hugely across Southeast Asia by global e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.