The tax authority will coordinate with commercial banks to manage taxes with cash flow in and out of digital platforms such as YouTube, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Netflix arising from transactions in Vietnam, including from individuals.

Despite urging by the Law on Cybersecurity, few international companies handling the data of local customers have set up data centres in Vietnam.

A handmade paper postcard is priced at VND20,000 in Vietnam, but it can be sold for a price 10 times higher on Amazon. Putting Vietnam’s products on sale on marketplaces is the way to penetrate the US market quickly.

Vietnamese exporters should boost exports to the US through the Amazon e-commerce platform during the COVID-19 pandemic, speakers told a seminar in HCM City yesterday. 

The executives of the four US tech giants defend their records at a five-hour hearing in Congress.

The move comes after IBM ended its facial recognition activities amid concerns over racial bias.

The T-shirt, available on the US store, broke guidelines about depicting a crime scene.

The online commerce giant said its French distribution centres would close until at least 20 April.

Disney's new video streaming service almost doubles its subscription base during coronavirus lockdowns.

Some US workers at Amazon and Instacart are threatening to strike over inadequate coronavirus protections.

Many local SMEs have seen exports surge after teaming up with global e-commerce platforms.

The Amazon boss and world's richest man gives 8% of his fortune to fight the planet's "biggest threat".

Thirty Vietnamese enterprises have sold goods on Amazon, reported the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade).

Poland's Auschwitz Memorial called on the retailer to halt sales of the "disturbing" merchandise

Amazon said the decision to award a major deal to Microsoft was due to unfair political interference.

To dominate the cross-border e-commerce market, Amazon has set up a representative company in Vietnam, while Alibaba has organized a series of workshops.

A workshop organized in HCM City, attracting representatives of 200 SMEs, in late September was held to help Vietnamese SMEs boost exports through transnational e-commerce, as well as help Vietnamese enterprises connect with Singaporean ones.

Alibaba’s plans to enter Vietnam are ringing alarm bells across e-commerce, but unless the Chinese giant can come out with something new to surprise competition, it could not set a firm niche in Vietnam just like Amazon. 

The launch of Amazon Global Selling team in Vietnam continues to solidify its efforts in supporting the local business community, said Amazon’s Regional Director for Southeast Asia Bernard Tay.

Giants Amazon and Alibaba both have ambitious plans for the Vietnamese market.