Training human resources in e-commerce is among focuses in plans on e-commerce development for 2024 of many localities, according to the Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economic Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
Chinese technology giant Alibaba is set to invest over 100 million USD in Indonesia-listed telecommunications operator PT Smartfren Telecom – part of the Sinar Mas Group, reported an article published on the financial news site DealStreetAsia.
Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) plan to increase cross-border trade for their products via e-commerce platforms to promote exports in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The race to expand the logistics market share is getting hot when foreign businesses have continually been pouring capital into and scaling up their operations in Vietnam, Dau tu (Vietnam Investment Review) reported.
Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City in particular are considered to hold promise for retailers from home and abroad on the back of the large, young population and rising consumer price index amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chinese tech giant Alibaba plans to open its third cloud data centre in Indonesia in 2021 with a hope to expand its presence in this market amidst rising competition.
Cross-border e-commerce platform Fado Vietnam and its Chinese counterpart Alibaba signed a cooperation agreement on March 14 in Ho Chi Minh City to launch a new trading channel supporting Vietnamese firms, especially small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs).
Potential benefits and challenges for the digital economy and new-age regulations for new-age businesses were discussed at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on August 30.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with WB President Jim Yong Kim, WTO Director General Roberto Azevêdo and Chairman of the Chinese Alibaba Group Jack Ma in Davos on January 19.
