Online Friday 2019 is kicked off on Thursday evening. — VNA/VNS Photo Trần Việt HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam eCommerce and Digital Economy Agency kicked off the Online Friday 2019 and e-commerce and digital technology experience week in Hà Nội on Thursday evening Speaking at the opening ceremony, Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh said Online Friday was in its sixth year and had seen strong development and response from Vietnamese consumers as well as the business community. The first national online shopping day in 2014 saw a modest transaction total of VNĐ180 billion (US$7.7 million), said the minister. However, the programme has developed with more than 3,000 participating businesses and 27,000 products introduced through online shopping programmes, as well as e-commerce experience weeks. The turnover of the online shopping day reached more than VNĐ2 trillion … [Read more...] about Online Friday 2019 kicks off
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Online entertainment: A race for quality
As of now, there are 64 million Vietnamese Internet users, 94% of whom uses the Internet on a daily basis, according to a report on Vietnamese Digital Marketing in 2019. More particularly, Vietnamese people spend up to 6 hours and 42 minutes a day on social media platforms, streaming movies or listening to music. With such a booming market, many domestic and foreign entertainment providers are trying to get their share of the pie. POPS, a Vietnamese digital entertainment production and publishing company recently launched an app in their name, providing free copyrighted content created by Vietnamese production crews and well-known Vietnamese actors and performance artists. In addition to supporting Vietnamese content creators, the app’s creators also aim to provide family-friendly contents that would appeal to a large portion of viewers. Foreign companies have also made some moves with their localized platforms in Vietnam, for instance HBO Go with more and more local-centric … [Read more...] about Online entertainment: A race for quality
Vietnam’s financial sector embraces digital era: conference
At the event (Photo: Saigon Times) - Many banks and finance companies have proactively adopted technologies to provide digital financial services, Nguyen Hoang Minh, a senior central bank official said. Speaking at a conference organised by Saigon Times newspaper in Ho Chi Minh City on December 5, Deputy Director of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s Branch in HCM City, said: “The country has seen a growth in population and internet and smart phone users, and banks and finance companies should take advantage to further develop digital services such as mobile and internet payments.” VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s financial sector embraces digital era: conference
Scams break women’s hearts, bank accounts
HCM CITY — Last year, H, a HCM City resident, transferred a total of VNĐ10 billion (US$437,800) to a man she’d met on a social media website. The man, Jame, introduced himself as an American marine engineer based in the US. After getting to know each other, Jame promised he would marry H. and help her immigrate to the US. In March 2016, Jame told H. he was going to Malaysia to invest in a $4 million oil extraction project. He asked to borrow some money from H for five months, promising that he would give her $500,000 and come to Việt Nam to marry her after finishing the project. He never did. In July 2016, H. filed a complaint with the city police. The number of Vietnamese women tricked by online scammers, starting with ‘love affairs’ on social media, has tended to increase in recent years, especially in HCM City, according to the Crime Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security. Ninety-eight per cent of the victims hold college … [Read more...] about Scams break women’s hearts, bank accounts
Vietnam’s forest management sector to improve forest protection
It is forecast that climate change will increase the risk of forest fires next year, therefore concerned organisations should be vigilant and prepare for fire prevention and control. An official of Sin Suoi Ho Village (third from left) is teaching local people on how to prevent forest fires in the northern province of Lai Chau. Deputy director of the Department of Forest Management Do Trong Kim made the statement at a conference held early this week in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau. The conference, with the participation of forest managers from 19 northern provinces and cities, aimed at discussing the forest management sector’s plan for next year, including methods to protect forests, develop them and manage forest products. Speaking at the conference, Kim highly appreciated the sector’s efforts in overcoming difficulties at work and asked concerned organisations to improve. They should re-check hot spots of forest destruction, destroy … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s forest management sector to improve forest protection