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19-02-2021
Officially Published the Vietnam Online Business Forum 2019
On March 12, 2019, Vietnam E-Commerce Association (VECOM) held a press conference to announce the Vietnam Online Business Forum 2019. This is an annual event organized by VECOM that has received high attention from the online business community. In 2019 VECOM will coordinate with the Vietnam E-Commerce and Digital Economy (iDEA) to organize this Forum in Hanoi (March 26, 2019), Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh (March 28, 2019) and Da Nang (March 15, 2019). VOBF2019 - Break the Bound is an opportunity for agencies, organizations, businesses, and individuals to discuss opportunities and challenges of the field of e-commerce and...
19-02-2021
Invitation to attend the Press Conference ”Vietnam Online Business Forum - VOBF 2019″
Vietnam Online Business Forum - VOBF is an annual event organized by the Vietnam E-commerce Association, which has received high attention from the online business community. In 2019 VECOM cooperated with the Vietnam E-Commerce and Digital Economy Agency (iDEA) to organize this Forum in Hanoi (March 26, 2019, Ho Chi Minh City (March 28, 2019) and Da Nang (15 / 03/2019). VOBF attracts the participation of many agencies, organizations, businesses and individuals operating in the field of e-commerce in order to create opportunities to discuss new trends in online business and floating technologies. turn on and innovative business ideas; Also at...
19-02-2021
Workshop Policy Aspects for Vietnam Digital Economy Development
March 7 in Hanoi, Workshop Policy Aspects for Vietnam Digital Economy Development was co-organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and World Bank Group. At the opening of the ceremony, Mr. Cao Quoc Hung - Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade said, we are living in a world which increasingly shaped by the industrial revolution 4.0 leading by profound changes in Technology and Digitalization, that has a profound impact on global trade, economic growth, and social progress. Mr. Cao Quoc Hung- Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade According to Deputy Minister Cao Quoc Hung, the industrial revolution 4.0 contributed significantly to the global...
19-02-2021
The speed of e-commerce development
In 2015, Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM) evaluated that from 2016,e-commerce entered a new phase with the outstanding feature of fast and stable development. In terms of growth rate, in parallel with the steady development of the economy and a GDP growth rate of over 7%, 2018 continued to witness a strong growth of e-commerce. Based on information from the survey, VECOM estimated that the growth rate of e-commerce in 2018 compared to 2017 was over 30%. In terms of scale, with a low starting point of about 4 billion USD in 2015 but thanks to the average growth rate for three consecutive years, the scale of...
26-01-2021
Modern format stores capturing Vietnamese shopper trips
From a shopper perspective, the shifts in modern trade structure should bring a positive change for the Vietnamese shoppers because shoppers now have more options to shop and buy. The latest global Nielsen’s Shopper Trend report reveals that while Vietnamese shoppers reduced their visits to wet markets, they go to convenience stores, minimarts, personal care/drug stores and traditional grocery stores more often. The number of shopping trips to these stores in 2018 was reported relatively higher than that in 2010. (See chart 1) Gaurang Kotak – Head of Consumer Insights – Nielsen Vietnam explained “There are several factors driving this shift....
26-01-2021
Coming Soon the Vietnam Online Business Forum
Vietnam Online Business Forum 2019 (VOBF 2019) is nationwide organized event, gathering the local and international e-commerce community. In 2018, the event was successful due to the contributions of domestic and foreign businesses. To continue that success, Vietnam E-Commerce Association will organize, in collaboration with the Vietnam eCommerce and Digital Economy Agency, the VOBF 2019 in three different cities: Da Nang (15/03), Hanoi (27/03), Ho Chi Minh City (29/03)-with hot topics which directly impact on businesses, such as competition, legal, transformation of industry 4.0… to attract the attention of the community. On the other hand, this year's Forum is also expected to...
26-01-2021
2019 work plan
[Hanoi, January 09th, 2019], In the series of VECOM’s joint activities, the annual Executive Committee meeting is held annually to review, evaluate the archived results and build, comment and complement the 2019 work plan. This plan is built according to operating direction in term of 2016-2020 approved by3rd National Congress of Vietnam E-Commerce Association (VECOM), the implementation situation in 2016-2018 and e-commerce development. According to the Association’s evaluations, Vietnam e-commerce continued to grow rapidly in 2018. In legal policy advice and criticism plan for the next year, VECOM will mainly focus on highlight field attracted by public interest such as: Keep track...
26-01-2021
Conference on E-Commerce Exchange between Laos- Vietnam
Hanoi, 7th January 2019, Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM) with the lead of Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hung - Chairman, attended the discussion with the participation of Laotian delegates led by Mr. H.E Bounmy Manivong - Deputy Minister of Ministry of Industry and Trade, to share experiences about e-commerce development in each countries as well as potential opportunities for mutual collaboration. In the conference, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hung emphasized that e-commerce is a very attractive sector to both domestic and international investors coming to Vietnam market, with big attribution to economic growth. Hence, the appearance of many E-commerce-supporting platforms such as: e-commerce marketplace,...
26-01-2021
VOMF 2018 discusses effectiveness of Chatbot
Chatbot, an automatic chatting app, has proven its efficiency in business activities, helping enterprises save costs and time in sales and creating more benefits, heard participants at the Vietnam Online Marketing Forum (VOMF) 2018 The Chatbot app was the highlight of VOMF 2018, held in HCMC on August 15 by the Vietnam E-Commerce Association (VECOM). Le Thiet Bao, Omni channel director at Nguyen Kim Trading JSC, said that employing Chatbot would help enterprises save costs and time and enhance sales. Chatbot is designed with a range of features, enabling enterprises to serve various groups of customers. Bao noted that despite Chatbot’s multipurpose function,...
26-01-2021
Vietnam Blockchain Summit 2018: "From Technology to Policy"
Vietnam Blockchain Summit (VBS) 2018 with the main topic "From Technology to Policy" was officially held in Hanoi on June, 8th 2018 under the cooperation of Vietnam eCommerce and Digital Economy Agency (IDEA) and Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM). The Summit drew an enormous attention with the participation of over 500 guests and was known by thousand of other people who have interest in online business environment. VBS was considered one of the biggest and most concentrated event in terms of making policies, research, development, training and future application in regard with blockchain technology. The Summit started with a presentation by Mr. Nguyen...
26-01-2021
Hot and attractive news shaered at Vietnam Online Tourism Forum 2018
Vietnam Online Tourism Forum (VOTF), held the first time in 2017 by Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM), drew an enormous attention among the community. As the consequence, VECOM in cooperation with Vietnam Tourism Association (VITA) organized VOTF 2018 in Hanoi, March 29th 2018. This is one of the most outstanding events in Vietnam International Travel Mart 2018 (VITM). According to Vietnam eBusiness Index Report, the growth rate of Vietnam e-commerce in 2017 was over 25% and would be stable for the next term 2018-2020. Noticeably, the speed of online tourism business development is over 50%, double as general e-commerce growth. A survey...
25-01-2021
Establishment of Blockchain Branch
On April 23rd 2018, Blockchain Association was founded under direction of Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM). VECOM expects that in the first 3-year term 2018-2020 Blockchain Association would actively contribute to applying blockchain in different business sectors. In Vietnam eBusiness Index Report 2018, Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM) consulted that Vietnam would need to enhance quickly research and usage of blockchain in doing business, as it is considered one of basis technologies in the development of digital economy. For this purpose, VECOM has established Blockchain Association, which gathers either organizations or individuals with interest in blockchain study and utilization. The main targets of Blockchain...
