Online Friday 2023 to feature 500 brands, 3,000 businesses
Up to 500 brands, 3,000 businesses, e-marketplaces, and sale supporting platforms will take part in the Vietnam Online Shopping Day - Online Friday 2023 in early December.
Online Friday 2023, lasting from December 1 to December 3, is part of the National E-Commerce Week. (Illustrative image)
Hanoi (VNA) – Up to500 brands, 3,000 businesses, e-marketplaces, and sale supporting platforms willtake part in the Vietnam Online Shopping Day - Online Friday 2023 in earlyDecember.
Online Friday 2023, the 10th of its kind so far, will last from 00:00 on Friday, December 1 to the noon of Sunday,December 3.
Major e-marketplaces and salesupporting platforms such as TikTokShop,Shopee, Lazada, Tiki, VNPAY, ZaloPay, Viettel Post, VnPost, and AccessTradewill offer a wide range of substantive promotions to build up consumers’ trustin online shopping.
Online Friday 2023 is part ofthe National E-Commerce Week from November 27 through December 3.
During the week, businesses andconsumers can also participate in a conference on e-commerce development inVietnam, along with an e-commerce and musical festival at the pedestrian zonearound Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi.
The year’s biggest onlineshopping programme aims to stimulate domestic consumption by attracting peopleto trying e-commerce and digital technology, thereby helping fuel e-commerce aswell as businesses’ investment in technological infrastructure and solutions.
The Vietnam E-commerce andDigital Economy Agency (iDEA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) willalso coordinate with e-marketplaces to carry out many measures for promotinge-commerce and protecting consumers’ interests in the cyberspace.
It expectsthe series of events will be a healthy “common playground” for both buyers andsellers in the digital environment to bolster the development of e-commerce and the digital economy in the country.
The Vietnam Online Shopping Day - Online Friday, first held in 2014 and organised by the MoIT and relatedagencies, takes place on the first Friday of December./.
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Online Friday 2023, lasting from December 1 to December 3, is part of the National E-Commerce Week. (Illustrative image) 
