This document discusses the development of e-commerce in Vietnam. It finds that e-commerce is growing rapidly in Vietnam, but foreign platforms dominate the market. While e-commerce presents opportunities, it also faces challenges like low consumer confidence, underdeveloped delivery services, and lack of regulation for cross-border platforms. The document proposes solutions are needed to improve infrastructure, skills, and competitiveness to fully realize the potential of e-commerce in Vietnam.
Year 2013 is really a hard time for marketers in developing marketing strategy and plan regarding to Vietnam economic downturn and the evolvement of internet and online community today. Traditionally, marketers have been questioned a lot by Board of Directors in regard to marketing investment effectiveness. It is still the same problem, even much harder for marketers to plan an effective marketing strategy today, to satisfy not just only offline but also online customers, particularly in the context of Vietnam today economic downturn. Yet, the so called “emerging market” makes Vietnam attractive to global brands, thus the entries of Starbucks, McDonald…in 2013 will make the competition much fiercer! Branding in Vietnam market thus becomes very challenging and here below is the three key trends that I can predict:
Year 2013 is really a hard time for marketers in developing marketing strategy and plan regarding to Vietnam economic downturn and the evolvement of internet and online community today. Traditionally, marketers have been questioned a lot by Board of Directors in regard to marketing investment effectiveness. It is still the same problem, even much harder for marketers to plan an effective marketing strategy today, to satisfy not just only offline but also online customers, particularly in the context of Vietnam today economic downturn. Yet, the so called “emerging market” makes Vietnam attractive to global brands, thus the entries of Starbucks, McDonald…in 2013 will make the competition much fiercer! Branding in Vietnam market thus becomes very challenging and here below is the three key trends that I can predict:
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into these growing networks and platforms has presented
vast opportunities to drive economic opportunity, financial
inclusion, transparency, security, and growth. In practically
all countries individuals, businesses, and policymakers are
recognizing these opportunities and acting on them, but
perhaps nowhere more so than in China.
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applications – WeChat and Alipay – and explores their
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for hundreds of millions of users, including through
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2022, Vol. 6, No. 8, 5839-5848
Developing E-Commerce In Vietnam
Nguyen Tien Minh1* , Nguyen Thi Thu Ha2 , Nguyen Duc Duong2
1*
VNU Hanoi-University of Economics and Business, Hanoi, Vietnam.
2,3
Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Email: tiennguyenm306@gmail.com
Abstract
Experiencing the Covid-19 pandemic, people's shopping trends have changed quite drastically. In Vietnam,
e-commerce is a growing trend along with the traditional market. The e-commerce market in Vietnam is
growing rapidly and attracting many investment sources. The research analyzes the potential and limits the
challenges of the e-commerce market in Vietnam. The study pointed out that several major obstacles remain
unchanged, including low consumer confidence when shopping online, online payment is not popular, and
delivery and fulfillment services are not yet available to keep up with demand. Besides, cross-border e-
commerce and omnichannel selling are emerging rapidly. In addition, there are large differences between
localities in terms of technology infrastructure and income. This also creates a huge gap in local e-
commerce metrics. Therefore, the study has proposed some solutions to improve the competitiveness and
development of e-commerce in Vietnam.
Keywords: Development, E-commerce, Vietnam.
1. INTRODUCTION
In recent years, the global business model
continues to change significantly with the advent
and strong development of e-commerce (Nguyen,
T. H, 2021). This business model has made great
contributions to economic growth in the context
of the world entering the 4.0 revolution.
According to GlobalData's E-Commerce
Analytics, Vietnam is considered one of the
fastest growing e-commerce markets in Southeast
Asia with an average annual growth rate of about
18%, and its forecast market size is likely to reach
$26 billion by 2024. The explosive growth of e-
commerce has made Vietnam one of the most
potential markets in the ASEAN region. This is
an inevitable development step, in line with the
trend of the world. However, besides those great
opportunities and potential, e-commerce in our
country also faces many challenges and
difficulties(Tran, H., & Nguyen, M, 2020). On
May 15, 2020, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan
Phuc issued Decision 645/QD-TTg approving the
National E-commerce Development Master Plan
from 2021 - 2025. Which, the Government set
The goal of developing the scale of the e-
commerce market by 2025 as follows: 55% of the
population participates in online shopping, with
the average value of buying goods and services
online reaching 600 USD/person/year; B2C e-
commerce sales (for both online consumer goods
and services) increased by 25% per year, reaching
$35 billion, accounting for 10% of the total retail
sales of consumer goods and services use
nationwide. (Pham, Q. T., & Pham, D. K, 2021)
In 2021, the global e-commerce market will reach
$5 trillion, accounting for 21% of total retail
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sales. Leading the global ranking of online retail
platforms is Amazon (USA) with a market
capitalization of $1,734.9 billion. Besides, in
some markets, typically China and Japan, local e-
commerce exchanges have made great strides.
China is the world's largest e-commerce market,
contributing more than half of global e-commerce
revenue with an online shopping population of
more than 780 million. China's largest e-
commerce platform is Alibaba's Taobao, with
total e-commerce revenue in 2021 reaching 531
billion USD. The success of the Taobao e-
commerce platform, in addition to the
government's policies, is also due to an approach
that suits the Chinese consumer culture.
Rakuten’s e-commerce platform has surpassed
Amazon in the US to become the most popular e-
commerce exchange with 80% of people
shopping in Japan. The success of the Rakuten e-
commerce platform is mainly due to the
personalization of users and a deep understanding
of the Japanese people's consumer culture. (Thuy,
D. N. H. T, 2022)
2. CURRENT STATUS OF E-
COMMERCE DEVELOPMENT IN
VIETNAM
2.1. Vietnam's e-commerce potential
Vietnam has long-term and consistent policies to
develop e-commerce. The legal corridor for e-
commerce transactions has been promulgated
quite early and has been continuously updated
and perfected by the Government. E-commerce
development master plans for 5 years are
approved and promulgated by the Prime Minister.
The most recent is the Prime Minister's Decision
No. 645/QD-TTg dated May 15, 2020, approving
the National E-commerce Development Master
Plan for the 2021-2025 period. This is an
important policy and is the basis for the
development of Vietnam's e-commerce market.
Vietnam's e-commerce revenue in 2021
will reach about 13.7 billion USD, up 16%
compared to 2020 and accounting for 6.5% of
total retail revenue. The goal is that by 2025, e-
commerce will account for 10% of total retail
sales in Vietnam. As of March 2022, there were
1,446 e-commerce exchanges registered to
operate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Compared to other countries in Southeast Asia,
Vietnam is among the fastest-growing e-
commerce retail markets.
Vietnam's e-commerce market still has a
lot of growth potential in localities across the
country. Although Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh only
account for more than 16% of the national
population, they account for about 70% of the
country's e-commerce scale. Meanwhile, the
remaining 61 provinces and cities account for
more than 83% of the population but only about
30% of the e-commerce scale. The e-commerce
index in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi continued
to lead with scores of 67.6 and 55.7 points. While
the average score of the index for the whole
country is 8.5 points, reflecting the gap between
02 cities and 61 provinces, the remaining city is
very large. In the context of the pandemic, when
online shopping becomes essential for people
across the country, the proportion of e-commerce
in other localities tends to increase but the gap
narrows insignificantly.
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed
Vietnamese consumption habits. Vietnam has
added 8 million new digital consumers since the
pandemic began, with 55% coming from non-
urban areas. Which, people who used digital
services before the pandemic - have used an
average of 4 more services since the pandemic
happened and the satisfaction level of most users
with these services reaches 83%. The growth
trend of online shopping is still maintained, even
after the period of social distancing. Online
shopping has gradually become a regular
shopping habit of people.
The above figures show that Vietnam has
great opportunities to accelerate the development
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of e-commerce, especially in rural areas,
especially in the mountainous areas of the North
and Southwest. Major e-commerce exchanges
currently only focus on developing markets in big
cities, but have not expanded their operations to
localities for three main reasons:
Firstly, the postal infrastructure is not
enough to meet the development of e-commerce.
Enterprises have not yet boldly invested in
developing transport and storage networks in
localities and rural areas due to the huge
investment costs.
Second, people in rural areas do not have
enough digital awareness and skills to meet the
development of e-commerce. The Digital
Transformation Index (DTI) 2020 on human
resource training and development shows that
there are 38 provinces and cities in groups 3 and
4 (under 0.325 points) on all 3 pillars of digital
government, digital economy, and digital society.
Third, digital infrastructure in rural areas
has covered 3G and 4G mobile broadband in most
villages. However, the smartphone ownership
rate is still low, and it is difficult to bring fiber
optic cable to households in the village due to the
complicated terrain.
Currently, VNPost and Viettel Post have
combined to focus on exploiting the potential
rural e-commerce market. Postal businesses are
prioritizing focusing on supporting agricultural
production households to put agricultural
products and regional specialties across the
country on the e-commerce platform. "Post
smart" and "Vo So" are two e-commerce
platforms developed by two post and
telecommunications companies. However, the
number of visits is still relatively low and there is
a large gap compared to the number of visits of
the leading e-commerce exchanges in the market.
The reason is partly due to the fierce competition
in the e-commerce market, partly because "Post
smart" and "Vo So" entered the market later than
other e-commerce exchanges and only focused on
the market rural product exploitation.
2.2. Challenges and risks in Vietnam's e-
commerce development
* Foreign e-commerce exchanges are dominating
the Vietnamese market
Vietnam's e-commerce market is currently
dominated by foreign businesses. Notably, some
enterprises started as Vietnamese enterprises, but
when successful, they were acquired by foreign
countries or by foreign legal entities holding
controlling shares.
Typically, Tiki exchange, which is a local
Vietnamese exchange, by the end of 2020, this
foreign capital has accounted for nearly 55%, and
by 2021 this exchange will transfer 90.5% of
shares to Singapore's Tiki Global legal entity.
Thus, Tiki has become a Singaporean enterprise.
Similarly, the Sendo floor started as a Vietnamese
enterprise, but by the end of 2020, foreign capital
on this floor has reached more than 65%.
The market dominance of foreign e-
commerce platforms is clearly shown in the
number of visits. According to the data for
February 2022, the total number of visits on
Shopee is 78.5 million, on Lazada is 14.8 million,
on Tiki is 14.1 million and Good Market
(Vietnam) is 12.7. million (see Figure 1). In the
ranking of mobile applications (Android, iOS) for
shopping in Vietnam, Shopee is also the most
used application, followed by Lazada and Tiki
respectively.
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Figure 1. Total number of visits to 04 e-commerce exchanges in Vietnam
Source: Ministry of Information and
Communications (2022)
The dominance of foreign e-commerce
exchanges is also reflected in consumer
preferences. About 51% of Vietnamese consider
Shopee to be their favorite shopping platform,
with Lazada second (18%), followed by
Facebook (8%), and Tiki (7%). Furthermore,
more than 70% of young users (17-25 years old)
also consider Shopee to be the best e-commerce
platform (see Figure 2).
Figure 2. Percentage of consumers who love e-commerce exchanges
Source: Ministry of Information and
Communications (2022)
* Risk of loss of safety, network security
With large domination of the e-commerce
market, foreign-owned e-commerce platforms
not only have large revenues in the Vietnamese
market but also hold a large amount of
Vietnamese data. From basic information fields
such as name, age, address, and contact phone
number to information about shopping behavior,
preferences, habits, and living standards of
Vietnamese people. This is a huge risk in terms
of network safety and security, even challenging
national sovereignty in cyberspace.
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* Risks of increasing the proportion of imported
goods and challenges for Vietnamese goods
E-commerce is like a traditional retail
supermarket, the floor operation management
unit can intervene in the suppliers as well as the
goods sold on the platform. As Vietnam's e-
commerce markets are mainly dominated by
foreign exchanges, these exchanges inevitably
give priority to products imported from abroad.
The goods sold on foreign e-commerce
exchanges are still mainly from abroad. This
increases the proportion of Vietnam's trade
deficit. The domination of the Vietnamese market
by foreign e-commerce exchanges is also a risk
leading to the consequence that Vietnamese
products and goods are difficult to compete with
foreign countries in the e-commerce market. This
greatly affects the production and supply chain of
domestic goods.
* The risk of domestic postal services being
replaced by foreign ones
Post is an important infrastructure closely linked
with e-commerce. With the explosive
development of e-commerce, postal services for
e-commerce are gradually taking a larger
proportion than traditional delivery services.
Foreign e-commerce exchanges often tend to
choose foreign postal and delivery businesses.
With the market dominance of foreign exchanges
today, domestic postal and delivery businesses
are facing great risks and challenges.
In addition to the presence of large
enterprises in the delivery industry from the West
such as TNT, DHL, UPS, or FedEx. In recent
years, in Vietnam's delivery market, many
oriental enterprises, especially in China, have
quietly penetrated through the way of mergers
and acquisitions. Among the top 5 biggest brands
in the market include Vietnam Post Corporation
(VNPost), Viettel Post Joint Stock Company
(Viettel Post), Economical Delivery (GHTK),
Fast Delivery (GHN), and J&T up to 3/5
enterprises are owned by foreign countries. The
acquisition of shares of Vietnamese delivery
companies is still being actively implemented by
foreign enterprises to dominate the market.
Typical is the case of Economy Delivery
Company - a postal enterprise with the leading
volume of postal items (packages of goods) in
Vietnam. After the process of buying, selling, and
transferring shares, the company is currently
owned by two large enterprises, SEA Singapore
(owned by Tencent - China with a large number
of shares) and Kerry Logistics (China) about
80%.
At the same time as the above deals,
Scommerce Trading Service Company received
an investment capital of 100 million USD from
Temasek (Singapore) for companies affiliated
with delivery and e-commerce services Fast
delivery ( GHN) and Ahamove. Scommerce
company is also an enterprise in which the Ficus
Asia Investment Fund of Chinese billionaire Jack
Ma holds a 43.63% stake.
In addition, foreign e-commerce
exchanges also build and develop their postal
businesses. For example, Tiki was invested by
JD.com (an enterprise with a 15% stake in
Tencent) of VND 1,000 billion (through share
purchase) and VNG (a business owned by
Tencent 30%) acquired 38% of the shares in
2018. After these deals, Tiki launched
TikiNOW's fast delivery service to the market,
competing with other delivery competitors in the
Vietnamese market. Lazada exchange, with
strong support and investment from Alibaba, has
launched the Lazada Express express delivery
service market to compete with other delivery
competitors in Vietnam. Shopee of SEA Group
introduces Shopee Express delivery service. The
participation of foreign businesses to capture the
Vietnamese delivery market has had a strong
impact. In 2021, revenue from postal services is
about 45,000 billion VND. Which, foreign-
owned enterprises such as GHTK, GHN, J&T,
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Ninjavan, Best Express, Ahamove, Shopee
Express, and Flex Speed (Lazada Express)
accounted for about VND 18,670 billion,
equivalent to 41.5% of the total industry revenue.
This shows that Vietnamese delivery
businesses are gradually being removed from the
game of delivery for e-commerce - a growing
segment, estimated to reach $25 billion in
revenue by 2025. The context of foreign investors
dominating the e-commerce market and postal
services serving e-commerce in Vietnam has
created many difficulties for domestic postal
enterprises, and at the same time, many potential
risks of data sources. Large data associated with
forwarding activities of postal service providers
are illegally used.
* Lack of regulation with cross-border platforms
Not only e-commerce platforms, but popular
social networking platforms are also gradually
encroaching on e-commerce activities and online
transactions. Typically, Facebook, Google,
Netflix, Youtube, Amazon, and TikTok ... these
platforms allow displaying advertisements for the
sale of goods and products that can be purchased
and sold through links with e-commerce
platforms. Besides it directly integrates the
posting of buying and selling products on these
platforms.
The lack of compliance by cross-border
platforms with Vietnamese law is still a burning
issue. The issues of controlling information
content, paying taxes, and other obligations have
not been seriously and thoroughly implemented.
The e-commerce market in Vietnam is expected
to continue to grow at a high rate in the coming
time. According to the e-Conomy SEA 2019
Report of Google and Temasek, the Compound
Average Growth Rate (CAGR) for the period
2015 - 2025 is 49%, and the market size is
expected to reach $23 billion by 2025. At that
time, Vietnam will become the second largest e-
commerce country in Southeast Asia, after
Indonesia ($82 billion). Vietnam has not only
grown rapidly in terms of scale but also
diversified in many aspects. In terms of form, e-
commerce provides very diverse sales forms,
including some or all commercial activities (from
advertising, customer search, and customer care
to transactions, payment accounting, dispute
resolution, etc)
Some relatively simple, primitive forms
such as classifieds on forums; groups with
activities to introduce goods and exchange
information on social networks. In addition, e-
commerce platforms bring many benefits such as
a cross-platform experience (website, mobile
application); various payment methods (cash, e-
wallets, mobile accounts, payment cards, etc).
Regarding channels for selling and introducing
goods and products, there are currently 3 main e-
commerce channels used forums (forums), social
networks; E-commerce trading floors, and sales
websites. According to statistics from the
Department of E-commerce and Digital
Economy, cumulatively by the end of 2019, the
whole country has 29,370 sales websites and 999
e-commerce trading platforms. Which, the top 4
e-commerce exchanges today are Shopee,
Lazada, Tiki, and Sendo. Iprice's Vietnam e-
commerce map shows that the monthly web
traffic of the top 4 e-commerce exchanges is very
high, such as Shopee nearly 52.5 million, Tiki
about 21 million visits, etc, and far beyond other
e-commerce exchanges.
In terms of items, the types of goods and
services introduced and provided on e-commerce
platforms are very diverse. However, according
to a report by the Department of E-commerce and
Digital Economy, the value of goods and services
exchanged on e-commerce platforms is quite
small when about 70.4% of goods and services
have a price of less than 1 million VND. The
Covid-19 pandemic has changed the
consumption trends of young people. Nielsen has
reported that, since the pandemic broke out in
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2022, the demand for shopping through e-
commerce platforms has increased sharply. Up to
now, more than 80% of Vietnam's population has
access to the internet, of which 53% of people use
e-wallets and pay for online purchases. In
particular, two large urban areas Hanoi and Ho
Chi Minh City account for 70% of total
transactions on e-commerce platforms. It has
been proven that the online business model brings
more advantages during the epidemic season, up
to 24.1% of multichannel retailers on e-
commerce platforms, Facebook, Instagram, and
websites recorded grow significantly during and
even after the epidemic.
Looking at the current situation of the e-
commerce industry in Vietnam in 2021, although
there are many bright spots, that does not mean
that there will be no difficulties and challenges.
Many limitations make Vietnamese e-commerce
unable to compete strongly with other economies
in the region and the world, specifically as
follows:
First, about trust.
Consumer confidence in products purchased and
sold on e-commerce platforms is still low.
According to the report, the percentage of people
choosing to pay by COD method is very high, up
to 88%. In terms of buying experience, only 48%
of respondents are satisfied with online
purchases. This number shows that e-commerce
platform developers still have to try a lot harder
in optimizing the user experience. There are 3
biggest reasons why consumers have not chosen
to buy goods on e-commerce platforms: (1)
difficult to verify the quality of goods, (2) do not
trust the seller, and (3) do not trust the goods.
Real quality compared to advertising.
Second, about market share.
In the top 10 of the e-commerce platforms with
the largest traffic in Vietnam, the top names are
big names like Shopee, Lazada, etc., which are
businesses with large capital from abroad.
Although there are e-commerce platforms from
domestic enterprises such as FPT, Tiki,
thegioididong, etc., they only account for a very
small market share of about 20% of the market,
with estimated sales of only 500 million
USD/year. If compared with e-commerce powers
in the world such as the US ($343 billion), Japan
($127 billion), the UK ($124 billion), and China
($110 billion), commercial Vietnamese
electronics are still too small.
Third, about information security.
The more technology develops, the more
attention should be paid to the security of
personal information. This is also an issue that
businesses and government agencies are
concerned about. In the past time, the
institutionalization of legal documents has also
forced businesses to participate in the e-
commerce market to ensure the interests of
consumers, as well as ensure security in the
digital environment.
Fourth, about the form of payment.
When shoppers choose to buy COD (Cash on
Delivery) - cash on delivery, it's because they
don't have a suitable online payment option.
Although e-wallets and payment gateways are
opened a lot, the number of users is not high. E-
wallets and banks in Vietnam have difficulty
synchronizing payment types. In addition to
payment via e-wallets, online payment methods
of banks are still slow, time-consuming, and
difficult to use. This difficulty has greatly
influenced the creation of the online payment
habits of customers.
Fifth, about infrastructure, and forwarding
services.
E-commerce platforms have not yet optimized
the server system, which leads to the
phenomenon of e-commerce floor congestion in
large programs. The transportation system has
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not been developed, leading to long delivery
times as well as unreasonable delivery costs. The
e-commerce platform does not have a service
quality control department. Most e-commerce
units have to build their delivery team to take the
initiative in controlling and coordinating
effectively, as well as the quality of customer
service. Due to the geographical characteristics of
Vietnam stretching, the delivery force is thin,
making the cost of delivery very high, accounting
for 10-15% of the value of a transaction, ...
3. SOLUTION
3.1. Training human resources for e-commerce
E-commerce transactions, which require a strong
team of IT experts, regularly catch up with newly
arising information technology achievements to
serve e-commerce and have the ability to design
new information technology software that meets
the needs of the digital economy. On the other
hand, it requires each e-commerce participant to
be able to use computers, to be able to exchange
information competently on the network, and
have the necessary understanding of commerce
and law (Minh, N. T et al, 2022). If it is foreign
trade, it is also necessary to understand
international law and foreign languages.
Therefore, it is necessary to train informatics
experts and to popularize knowledge about e-
commerce not only for enterprises and state
managers but also for everyone; and at the same
time propagate the benefits of e-commerce to
gradually change the habits and psychology of
consumers from being used to shopping directly
at supermarkets and markets to online shopping.
(Lind, K, 2020)
3.2. Building infrastructure for e-commerce
The infrastructure of information technology,
telecommunications technology, and the internet
are the three prerequisites to ensure appropriate
services for e-commerce development. At the
same time, it is necessary to have an electronic
technology infrastructure to create electronic -
informatics - telecommunications and electrical
equipment that provides adequate, stable, and
widespread electricity for the above vehicles to
operate. The infrastructure of the e-commerce
platform will include information technology,
telecommunications technology, and a training
system,... (Le Van Huy, & Filiatrault, P, 2006)
3.3. Completing the legal environment
For the healthy development of e-commerce, it is
necessary to improve the legal environment. The
state adopts and enforces laws and sub-laws
governing commercial activities. Policies are
based on adaptation to international laws and
practices on e-commerce transactions. (Pham, Q.
Tet al, 2018; Nguyen, C., & Do, T, 2019;
NGUYEN, T. H, 2021)
3.4. Developing public services for e-commerce
To protect the interests of sellers on e-commerce,
it is also necessary to promote public services
such as e-customs; tax declaration and tax
payment, export and import procedures; business
registration and specialized licenses related to
commerce, and dispute resolution on the internet.
State agencies must apply e-commerce in public
procurement and bidding; associated with
administrative reform, transparency, improving
the effectiveness of national administration, and
building e-government. The State Bank should
actively implement the project of non-cash
payment and continue to improve the legal basis
related to e-payment, a very important stage in e-
commerce activities ((Pham, L et al, 2010; Dung,
D. T., & Vinh, D. H, 2019). According to
statistics from the Department of E-commerce
(Ministry of Industry and Trade), currently, the
websites of Vietnamese enterprises are mainly
used to introduce products and services, about
20% of the websites receive orders via the
internet, but only 3.2% allow online payment.
This is the biggest barrier to e-commerce
development. ((Van, C. N., & Tu, L. T, 2016;
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Tran, H., & Nguyen, M, 2020; Minh, N. T et al,
2022)
3.5. Strengthen regional and international
cooperation.
In the coming time, Vietnam needs to further
promote this regional and international
cooperation to well implement international
commitments on e-commerce; develop and
complete domestic electronic data exchange
standards and regulations in harmony with
international standards. ((Le Van Huy, &
Filiatrault, P, 2006; Dung, T. V., Leveau, L., &
Linh, K. H., 2021)
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