The Vietnamese e-commerce market is dominated by ChoDienTu.vn, a Vietnamese e-commerce product, which holds 29 percent of market share. However, the situation may change in the immediate future.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lazada, the only foreign major player in the e-commerce market, has ambitions to dislodge Vietnamese ChoDienTu from its No 1 position.

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Vietnamese import-export companies have built up websites to advertise their products and joined trading floors to approach clients. However, the websites have been left idle, while the information has not been updated.

VietNamNet Bridge – IT workers are in high demand with the industry developing fast, said Tran Anh Tuan, deputy director of the Centre of Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labor Market Information in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of successful e-commerce transactions has been increasing rapidly, while the number of swindle cases has also increased accordingly.

Experts have pointed out that more and more small and medium enterprises (SMEs) utilize e-commerce in doing business. They have also noted the increasingly high popularity of the e-marketplace.

Vietnamese e-commerce businesses, while calling for foreign investments in their businesses, keep a constant anxiety that the foreign partners would swallow them one day.

People once believed that Google and Facebook would gulp down Vietnamese enterprises in the online marketing market. However, the giants have met their matches.

VietNamNet Bridge – E-government has not only been existing on paper, but it has become true when local authorities have been making every effort to implement the model in their localities.

The words “taking off” or “in full swing” have not been used any more when talking about the prospect of e-commerce in Vietnam, because they were used many years ago and the predictions did not come true.

Investors have poured money into the e-commerce market, a very promising type of business. However, they would have to encounter big difficulties.

A series of investment projects in e-commerce have been kicked off, seemingly promising to heat up the market which remains cool despite the presence of the giant eBay.