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| Ho Chi Minh City's e-commerce is growing rapidly. (Photo: PLO) |
The Department of Industry and Trade of Ho Chi Minh City has said that the city now has 24,829 websites for goods selling (accounting for 46.9% of the country), 355 websites providing e-commerce services (47.7%), 305 e-commerce applications for goods selling (45.3%), and 165 applications providing e-commerce services (43.3%).
HCM City is the locality with the largest number of organizations and individuals owning the “.vn” domain name in the country, reaching 206,932 out of 628,230 domain names, accounting for 32.9%.
According to the Department of Industry and Trade, in 2024, the city’s e-commerce is estimated to grow by 52%, gradually becoming the locomotive in the e-commerce sector in Vietnam.
In terms of the total scale of e-commerce sales growth compared to the same period, the southern city is also leading the country. E-commerce sales in the city also account for 33% of the total e-commerce revenue nationwide.
The explosion, maintenance and development of platforms such as Shopee, Tiktok Shop, Lazada, and Tiki along with the development of support services such as logistics, electronic payments and digital marketing in Ho Chi Minh City have created the most vibrant e-commerce ecosystem in the country.
The city also has an advanced technological infrastructure, with the highest number of internet subscribers in the country, a high rate of smartphone usage and a strongly developed telecommunications network. This creates favorable conditions for consumers to access e-commerce and for businesses to carry out online business activities.
Regarding the e-commerce development plan in the near future, the Department of Industry and Trade said that the city will focus on four key tasks of strengthening state management on e-commerce; implementing solutions to support e-commerce development; investing in and upgrading information technology and logistics infrastructure systems and promoting and raising awareness of businesses on e-commerce trends to expand the market./.