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A number of big postal enterprises in Vietnam, such as Viettel Post and Vietnam Post, are racing to tap into the local logistics market with a scale of nearly 62 billion USD.

More farmers have recently sold their products online in both domestic and foreign markets thanks to the support of postal service suppliers in putting farm produce on e-commerce platforms and promote digital agriculture.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s task force in collaboration with the Viettel Post Joint Stock Corporation (Viettel Post) have launched a shopping service on Viettel Post’s Voso.vn e-commerce platform to help people access sources of food without leaving their homes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam looks to connect 5 million farming households to e-commerce platforms this year, which would create breakthroughs in the development of the digital economy in the agriculture sector, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Anh Tuan said.

The engagement of Vietnamese e-commerce platforms in the consumption of farm produce, particularly lychees, is a sustainable move not only amid the COVID-19 pandemic but also for the future.

Logistics, considered a backbone of Vietnam’s economy, is among eight sectors prioritised by the national programme for digital transformation until 2025.

The Viettel Posts Joint Stock Corporation (Viettel Post) has opened an automatic logistics centre at District No.12, Ho Chi Minh City.

Military-run telecom giant Viettel plans to divest a 6 percent stake in its affiliate Viettel Post Joint Stock Corporation (VTP) via a public auction at the Hanoi Stock Exchange in November.

Vietnam's biggest telecom firm Viettel plans to divest capital in three affiliates to over 50 percent of capital this month and next month.

Viettel Post, the delivery arm of Viettel Group, has developed ride-hailing app MyGo for car, motorbike, delivery and transport services.

By the end of 2017, Viettel Post reached total turnover of 5.1 trillion VND (226 million USD) or 112.3 percent of its yearly target.

The Hanoi Department of Justice (HDJ) on April 11 worked with Viettel Post to begin using online and express services to register and return judicial records.