subject: Vietnam: Country For Potential Ecomercial Industry [print this page] This is a review of newspaper Bangkok Post in Thailand based on the advantages of Vietnam.
Titled "A giant electronic commerce are sleeping" (more), the Bangkok Post article published last week indicated that the favorable factors to help e-commerce activities (electronic commerce) can thrive in the future: "The efforts of the government of Vietnam in the popularization of internet and e-commerce has helped more than 10 years this activity has become increasingly popular," the article wrote.
These references are Bangkok Post reported that it was buying and selling through e-commerce sites are in vogue with the goods and services such as airline tickets, tours, hotel reservations, electronics, phones, computers, books, perfume and flowers.
Besides the method of payment and delivery in Vietnam is also very flexible to meet the needs of buyers, most people still have credit cards, money transfer service through online banking or service payment on delivery.
"In Vietnam, about a third of the population now use the internet and 60% of them go online looking for information about products before buying. Universal internet speed here has reached the highest level European Asia, with average growth of 20% / year during 2000-2010, "the article said.
Citing data from the Ministry of Industry and Trade survey of 3400 businesses operating in different sectors, the newspaper said Thailand is about 60% of businesses have deployed e-commerce to business customers, 95% of that receive orders online.
A third of companies said e-commerce accounted for 15% of total revenue or more. On a national scale, e-commerce reached $ 2 billion, or about 2.5% of GDP and is forecast up to $ 6 billion in 2015. Yet the authors also found that Vietnam's e-commerce to really "take off" the government need more radical solutions, especially to improve the business environment, is considered unreliable.
"The existing barriers such as lack of buyer confidence for online transactions, the consumer protection measures and information security as well as the settlement of disputes in online transactions," Bangkok Post quoted Nguyen Thanh Hung, Vice President of Electronic Commerce in Vietnam.
"Although there are still some aspects to improve, many foreign companies seeking business opportunities in this emerging industry because Vietnam has a population of nearly 90 million and the rapid increase of middle class saved. The biggest names in the world such as Google, Alibaba, Rakuten, eBay, Amazon and tai ola kul are rapidly marked presence here, "the article said.
Thng 6/2012 Google recently became a member of E-Commerce Association of Vietnam and plans to develop an online business activities with other members. They can expect to reach $ 30 million in annual revenues in the Vietnam market with potential customers are small and medium enterprises.
Alibaba also has official representative here when eBay bought 20% stake of Peacesoft Solution. Amazon and Rakuten also has access to e-commerce service provider in the country to seek to buy shares or become a partner.
There are also some website for mobile entertaiment like vgame.mobi, inwhich you can download hinh nen dien thoai and other mobile game directly and freely into your cell phone.
