Cross-border e-commerce conference to take place in Hanoi, HCM City

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)'s E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency (iDEA) said it will coordinate with Amazon Global Selling to organise a cross-border e-commerce conference, which is expected to help Vietnamese businesses seek online export opportunities.
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Hanoi(VNA) – The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)'s E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency (iDEA) said it willcoordinate with AmazonGlobal Selling to organise a cross-border e-commerce conference, which is expectedto help Vietnamese businesses seek online export opportunities.

The event, which will seethe participation of successful sellers on the Amazon network, also aims to raiseawareness of the domestic business community of this kind of commerce.

According to the agency, the Vietnam cross-border e-commerce conference 2023 will take place in Hanoi on June 7 and HoChi Minh City on June 9 with a series of activities to update the latestinformation on the e-commerce industry, and connect service providers operatingin the five different service sectors.

The latest research by Access Partnership shows that Vietnam'se-commerce export revenue can reach 296.3 trillion VND (over 12.6 billion USD)by 2027 if local businesses are supported to use e-commerce channels to expand export markets.

Up to 86% of the 300 micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Vietnam said that they will not be able to carry out exportactivities without e-commerce.

The iDEA said the conference will provide information andprogrammes to support Vietnamese businesses to access international markets.

In the framework of the events, exhibitions featuring cross-bordere-commerce services will be organised with the participation of providers from10 key service categories that determine the success of online exports.
Seminars of Asian retailerswill share experiences and lessons fromsuccessful sales partners of Amazon from the Republic of Korea, Singapore, andVietnam./.
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