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Vietnamese businesses should make use of e-commerce to promote exports, heard a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 25.

E-commerce in Vietnam is growing, however many individuals and businesses are taking advantage of online platforms to sell poor quality and fake goods, harming customers and causing lost tax revenues.

Online import and export activities of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are expected to develop further due to the low number of them currently embracing e-commerce, according to experts.

Cross-border e-commerce platform Fado Vietnam and its Chinese counterpart Alibaba signed a cooperation agreement on March 14 in Ho Chi Minh City to launch a new trading channel supporting Vietnamese firms, especially small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs).

Economic ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on November 12 signed an agreement to facilitate cross-border e-commerce transactions within the region.

E-commerce has rocketed in Vietnam over the past five years, with online retail sales expanding 20 percent annually, according to the Department of E-commerce and Digital Economy under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnamese small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are focusing more and more on international trade via e-commerce.

The 29th APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM) concluded successfully in the central city of Da Nang on November 9 after three sessions, passing four main initiatives to be submitted to the leaders for approval.

APEC SOM3 has updated a draft report on APEC economic policy on human resources development and structural reform, said Assistant to the APEC 2017 SOM Chair Do Hung Viet.

The APEC 2017 Second Senior Officials Meeting (SOM2) officially opened in Hanoi on May 17.

Cross-border e-commerce management should be integrated and synchronous to ensure equality and transparency.

Vietnam should develop cross-border e-commerce, a growing trend, according to experts.

Measures to address e-commerce related disputes between Vietnamese and Japanese firms were sought at a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 12.