VietNamNet Bridge - A number of startups successfully called for millions of dollars from foreign investors in 2017.

VietNamNet Bridge - Amazon is pursuing a two-step strategy to enter the Vietnamese e-commerce market. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign retail e-commerce businesses operating under the marketplace mode are increasingly dominating Vietnamese businesses in the market.

VietNamNet Bridge - Alipay has changed people’s payment habits in China. Will the same thing happen in Vietnam?

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Vietnamese companies have launched products and services specifically designed to target Generation Z, or customers born after 1995.

VietNamNet Bridge - More Vietnamese businesses have decided to increase their investments in online sales as e-commerce continues to boom. 

VietNamNet Bridge - In the race to conquer the pocketbooks of consumers, delivery services are the ‘trump card’ for retailers.

VNPost, EMS and ViettelPost, the big players in the forwarding market, are now faced with growing competition from smaller players such as giaohangso1.vn, tochanh.vn and giaohangnhanh.vn which are scrambling for market share. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The forwarding market has been witnessing a boom since 2012 with the presence of many businesses, from post-based companies to young startups.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many businesses, from startups to big express delivery firms, have jumped into the market of fast delivery services for online shops.

VietNamNet Bridge - Online shopping services are expected to boom in the next five years.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s Cho Tot and ImSold, the largest online marketplace, will be officially taken over by Telenor, the telecom group from Norway, in June.

VietNamNet Bridge - Retailers’ great efforts to develop online sales have been rewarded with initial success. 

Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma said the Internet should be a utility available to the whole world, putting his weight behind a U.N. call for e-commerce to boost developing economies and help fight poverty.

Cross-border e-commerce (CBE) is deleting traditional trade boundaries, and creating equal opportunities for distributors and retailers.

Losses recorded by Tiki, one of Vietnam’s most popular e-commerce providers, raises questions about the state of the industry.

VietNamNet Bridge - Low profit margins and high operating costs are daunting problems for investors in the e-commerce sector.  

The lack of customer confidence, payment solutions and information transparency all have prevented e-commerce from booming, with only 17 percent of the population buying online.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese e-commerce market has become more crowded with powerful players such as Lotte, Alibaba, VNG, Vingroup, Aeon and The Gioi Di Dong.

The confrontation between Vuivui and Tiki, one of the most successful e-commerce firms in Vietnam, which is supported by VNG, is expected to be an interesting story in 2017.