
Hanoi (VNA) – TheVietnam Post has piloted the Post Smart automatic delivery cabinet model in 40post offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from July as part of efforts tominimise the risk of COVID-19 spreading.
This is the first timesuch model has been applied in postal delivery activities in Vietnam.
Post Smart allowscustomers to get their parcels at any time using their smartphones. The processtakes only a few minutes without requiring direct contacts with postal staff.
Le Quoc Anh, Deputy General Director of Vietnam Post said that the application of Post Smart is anobvious trend of the retail sector and e-commerce activities in the digitalera. The Vietnam Post is working to complete its process of automatic deliveryto meet customers’ demands, he added.
Currently, 18 PostSmart cabinets have been installed in Hanoi and 22 in Ho Chi Minh City, mostlyin central post offices and those in apartment buildings, trade centres andoffice buildings.
The Vietnam Post plansto expand the service in other localities across the country in the time tocome./.