Some supermarkets and fast food stores in districts 12, Tan Binh, Hoc Mon yesterday announced a dramatic increase in online orders, up by 3-5 times compared to prior days.

The shift toward e-commerce due to the COVID-19 pandemic has brought challenges to Vietnam’s retail property market, according to Savills Vietnam.

Tran Van Hanh, who lives in Chao hamlet, Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang province, one of the two largest litchi growing areas in Vietnam, owns an orchard that grows the most expensive litchis in the country.

Nguyen Van Lan’s 2-hectare litchi orchard in Luc Ngan district in Bac Giang province is ready for harvest. However, he still doesn’t know what to do to sell all the 40-50 tons of litchis amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

Vietnamese businesses need to prepare and move ahead to win the e-commerce race.

Many e-commerce firms still hold a traditional business mindset that does not keep up with the 4th industrial revolution as the companies lack interactions with customers.

Online shoppers are being warned over purchasing expensive goods as a rise in e-commerce means more merchants exploiting loopholes and concerns over customer protection

Farm produce should be sold in a competitive market, rather than through a "market of compassion" or rescue campaigns, experts have said.

E-wallets in Vietnam have strongly benefited from the change in payment habits during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Vietnam’s e-commerce development is a bright spot for Industry 4.0 with a high growth rate of 20-30 per cent.

Under pressure from foreign goods on e-commerce sites, Vietnamese businesses should take advantage of their internal strengths to compete.

Vietnam’s digital economy will likely reach 52 billion USD in value by 2025, according to the e-Conomy SEA 2019 report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company.

Privacy is an interesting topic of discussion in Vietnam. It has been influenced by village culture, an important component of the Vietnamese cultural identity.

The increase in app deletions shows that Vietnamese e-commerce platforms need to improve the quality of services in order to retain customers.

The e-commerce sites of Vietnam Post and Viettel Post saw 33 more suppliers of agricultural products and regional specialities open new booths in the first 10 days of April.

The effectiveness of free trade agreements, especially the EU– Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, has helped to increase export orders for textile and garment enterprises in Vietnam, 

The proportion of enterprises with employees specialised in e-commerce decreased significantly last year compared to previous years

The trend of e-commerce development differs between slow-growing regions and developed regions.

Self-contained large-scale pig farms combined with fish farming and rice cultivation has brought tens of billions of VND, or $1 million each year, to Ninh Binh farmers.

Online sale apps are spending big money on promotion campaigns to retain consumers, but the money seems to have been spent in vain.