Digital life

10/03/2022

Digital transformation targets e-commerce and end-users

(VOVWORLD) - According to Statista, a global business data platform, after 2 years of the coronavirus pandemic, e-commerce penetration in Vietnam reached 58.2% this year and is expected to hit 70.1% by 2025. The Vietnam E-commerce White book 2021 shows that revenue from business-to-consumer (B2C) models surged in the past five years from 5 billion USD in 2016 to 10 billion in 2019 and 11.8 billion last year. In today’s VOV5 Digital Life, our reporter Bao Tram talked with Hoang Viet Tien, Head of Strategic Advisory of Insider Group, about the importance of digital transformation for e-commerce and end-users.

21/02/2022

Vietnam strives to realize aspirations for digitalization

(VOVWORLD) - Never before has digitalization in Vietnam caught that much interest and investment, experts say. A myriad of policies, directions, and critical solutions have been put forth to speed up this process, which has received enthusiastic response from the business community and the public.

17/02/2022

How technology changes Vietnamese people's reading habit?

(VOVWORLD) - The success of the Vietnam Book Day held last year on the e-commerce trading platform Book365.vn was another step in Vietnam’s effort to promote a change in people’s reading habits as Vietnam embarks on a program of digital transformation and application of technology in daily life. This week, Bao Tram of Digital Life talked to Le Hoang Thach, a co-founder and CEO of Voiz FM, a leader in Vietnam's audiobook and podcast network, about how technology has been changing the reading habits of Vietnamese people and the development of digital publishing in Vietnam.

03/02/2022

Digital transformation in agriculture

(VOVWORLD) - Digital transformation, a trend which has been accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic, is helping farms, cooperatives, and agricultural businesses increase their productivity and improve the quality of their produce. Economists believe it will help Vietnam’s agricultural sector cut production costs, increase profits, and participate more actively in the global value chain.

24/01/2022

Vietnam’s banking industry to be shaped by Big Data, AI

(VOVWORLD) - AI and Big Data are revolutionizing industries around the world. Banks in developing economies like Vietnam will benefit the most. Economists agree that Big Data and AI will completely re-shape Vietnam’s banking industry.

06/01/2022

OMO’s campaign to plant additional one million green trees in Vietnam by 2025

(VOVWORLD) - Statistics released by the Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) have disclosed that protected forests cover just nearly one third of Vietnam’s area while intact primary forests cover as little as 0.25%. Aware of the urgency and gravity of afforestation, OMO Vietnam has launched a campaign to encourage tree-planting to reach the aim of one million green trees in Vietnam by 2025. Launching activities online and offline, the campaign has received a positive response from the public.

24/12/2021

Risk control prioritized when launching Mobile Money service

(VOVWORLD) - The Mobile Money service launched last month by the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) is expected to promote cashless payment in Vietnam, boost the growth of e-commerce, and speed up digital transformation. But experts warn that the service contains many risks in information and data security as well as financial safety, requiring careful preparations in infrastructure, policies, control mechanisms, and human resources.

20/12/2021

Trade of farm produce promoted on e-commerce platforms

(VOVWORLD) - Businesses earned 196 million USD annually from selling their products on demand-supply connectivity program between Ho Chi Minh City and other localities, according to HCM City’s Department of Industry and Trade. The figure dropped this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. To rebound sales, the Department has helped farmers list their products on e-commerce platforms, which have become increasingly favored by farmers themselves.

16/12/2021

Digital trade ecosystem set up

(VOVWORLD) - The Prime Minister has approved a project to strengthen IT application and digital transformation in trade promotion until 2030. The project aims to effectively develop and operate an ecosystem for trade promotion to improve the performance of businesses, cooperatives, business households, and trade promotion agencies.

16/12/2021

Report on Vietnam Internet, Internet resources 2021 released

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) on Wednesday announced a report on Vietnam Internet and Internet resources with the theme “Internet for all”.