Personal computer sales dropped 32 percent in the first quartercompared to the previous one and 20 percent year-on-year to around396,000, International Data Corporation reported.
The global ITresearch and marketing company said Tet in January – when people do notbuy computers and phones - and the popularity of tablets and smartphones caused the decline.
"IDC predicts that for the whole ofthis year the PC market won't grow due to economic difficulties andstrong attraction and reasonable prices of tablets and smart phones,"Phan Thi Hoang Yen, an IDC analyst, said.
Dell retained its leading position followed by ASUS, thanks to its price cuts.
ThoughSony stopped sales of PCs, it still accounted for a nearly 8 percentmarket share with its competitive mid-range notebook.
Sales ofmobile phones also declined by 4.9 percent in comparison with theprevious quarter and 0.7 percent from the same period last year toaround 6.6 million.
Feature phone sales fell by 13.6 percent from the previous quarter, losing out to low-priced smart phones.
Smart phones accounted for 38.6 percent of sales, a sharp rise from the 21.8 percent in the same period last year.
"Inthe Vietnamese market, low-price smart phones costing under 150 USD,have taken the biggest market share," Vo Le Tam Thanh, another IDCexpert, said.
"Expensive smart phones have been facing challenges."
Only Apple bucked the trend with its strong growth thanks to a tie-up with FPT.
Windows-based phones recovered after a decline at the end of last year.
Sales of Windows smart phones shot up by 61.3 percent from the previous quarter and 361 percent year-on-year.
"Vietnamis the only market in the Asia – Pacific where the number of Nokiasmart phones sold is the same as Samsung," Daniel Pang, head of IDCASEAN's users' equipment study group, said.-VNA
The global ITresearch and marketing company said Tet in January – when people do notbuy computers and phones - and the popularity of tablets and smartphones caused the decline.
"IDC predicts that for the whole ofthis year the PC market won't grow due to economic difficulties andstrong attraction and reasonable prices of tablets and smart phones,"Phan Thi Hoang Yen, an IDC analyst, said.
Dell retained its leading position followed by ASUS, thanks to its price cuts.
ThoughSony stopped sales of PCs, it still accounted for a nearly 8 percentmarket share with its competitive mid-range notebook.
Sales ofmobile phones also declined by 4.9 percent in comparison with theprevious quarter and 0.7 percent from the same period last year toaround 6.6 million.
Feature phone sales fell by 13.6 percent from the previous quarter, losing out to low-priced smart phones.
Smart phones accounted for 38.6 percent of sales, a sharp rise from the 21.8 percent in the same period last year.
"Inthe Vietnamese market, low-price smart phones costing under 150 USD,have taken the biggest market share," Vo Le Tam Thanh, another IDCexpert, said.
"Expensive smart phones have been facing challenges."
Only Apple bucked the trend with its strong growth thanks to a tie-up with FPT.
Windows-based phones recovered after a decline at the end of last year.
Sales of Windows smart phones shot up by 61.3 percent from the previous quarter and 361 percent year-on-year.
"Vietnamis the only market in the Asia – Pacific where the number of Nokiasmart phones sold is the same as Samsung," Daniel Pang, head of IDCASEAN's users' equipment study group, said.-VNA
