E-commerce white paper 2022 - useful information for businesses

DNHN - The Vietnam e-commerce white paper in 2022 is expected to be a useful reference for entities from state management, organizations and individuals interested in the development of commerce in general and e-commerce in particular.

The content of the Vietnam E-commerce White Paper in 2022 includes 5 chapters; in which Chapter I updates the legal policy and management situation of e-commerce in Vietnam. Chapter II gives an overview of e-commerce in the world and in Southeast Asia. Chapter III provides information on consumers participating in e-commerce. Chapter VI presents the situation of e-commerce application in enterprises. Chapter V describes the operation status of e-commerce websites and applications.

According to the Department of E-commerce and Digital Economy, in 2021, COVID-19 has seriously affected commercial and service activities of Vietnam in particular and the world in general. The negative growth of some service industries accounted for a large proportion, reducing the overall growth of the service sector and the entire economy.

According to the General Statistics Office, the wholesale and retail industry decreased by 0.21% over the previous year, reducing 0.02 percentage points in the growth rate of total added value of the whole economy; the transportation and warehousing industry decreased by 5.02%, reducing by 0.3 percentage points; accommodation and catering services dropped sharply by 20.81%, down 0.51 percentage points. Summarizing the whole year of 2021, Vietnam's economic growth is only 2.58%, the lowest in the past 30 years.

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