Held over 60 hours from 0:00 on December 4 to 12:00 on December 6, the “60 hours of online shopping in Vietnam” under the Online Friday 2020 event successfully concluded with the participation of millions of consumers.

Over 3.7 million orders made in 60 hours of online shopping.

The Department of E-commerce and Digital Economy under the Ministry of Industry and Trade said that the number of successful orders increased by 267% compared to normal days. The most traded items were consumer goods, soft drinks and refrigerated goods.

As many as 11.2 million views were recorded on applications and mobile devices while more than 247,000 genuine products participated in the programme.

The Online Friday programme is the largest online shopping event in Vietnam launched by the Ministry of Industry and Trade with the aim of bringing about benefits to both consumers and enterprises through online shopping platform.

The event has been held for seven consecutive years, affirming its significance for both enterprises and consumers.

Vietnam improves its online shopping readiness

Vietnam has jumped five places to 64th in this year’s global index of readiness for online shopping, a UN report says.

Vietnam sees strong growth in e-commerce

With the strong growth of e-commerce, the Vietnamese economy in particular and the world in general has undergone strong changes as online business models have brought about big changes and had a great impact on business operations.

Vietnam’s e-Commerce revenue to exceed US$15 billion this year

Vietnam’s e-Commerce growth reached 32% last year and averaged about 30% annually since 2016, according to a report by the Vietnam e-Commerce Association (VECOM).

E-commerce revenue grows 25% in 2019

Vietnam’s B2C e-commerce revenue rose by 25% to US$10.08 billion in 2019, according to the e-Commerce White Book 2020 released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s e-Commerce and Digital Economy Agency (iDEA).

Source: NDO