Workshop 'Developing e-commerce in the digital age' in 2024

On November 26, Dong Thap province coordinated with the Vietnam E-commerce Association to organize the Workshop "Developing e-commerce in the digital age".

Workshop “Developing e-commerce in the digital age”

On November 26, 2024, at the My Tra Tourist Area Hall, Cao Lanh City, Dong Thap Province, the Department of Industry and Trade and the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Dong Thap Province coordinated with the Vietnam E-commerce Association to organize the Workshop "Developing e-commerce in the digital age".

Attending and chairing the Workshop were representatives of the Department of Industry and Trade and the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, along with the participation of the Vietnam E-commerce Association, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, members of the Steering Committee of the Campaign "Vietnamese people prioritize using Vietnamese goods" in the province, representatives of leaders of departments and branches in the province; the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, the Department of Economics , Economics & Infrastructure of districts and cities in the province; enterprises, cooperatives, cooperative groups, association halls in the province; e-commerce platforms, technology solution companies applying e-commerce; representatives of business associations, industry associations in the province.

Workshop "Developing e-commerce in the digital age" in 2024. Photo: Tran Thang

E-commerce has been a global trend, a pioneering field of the digital economy, creating momentum for economic development and leading digital transformation in businesses. According to the Vietnam E-commerce Index Report - EBI 2024 conducted by the Vietnam E-commerce Association (Vecom), in the context of many difficulties in the world economy and Vietnam, our country's e-commerce sector continues to develop strongly with a growth rate of over 25% and a scale of over 25 billion USD. Therefore, there is still a lot of room to exploit this business environment. The workshop aims to provide updated information on new technologies and trends in the field of e-commerce, thereby helping businesses, business establishments, and cooperatives seize opportunities and make effective business decisions. Create conditions for production and business units to connect with partners, service providers, and large e-commerce platforms to promote the consumption of goods via digital platforms.

The workshop took place with the following key contents: Representatives of the Vietnam E-commerce Association shared to help delegates have an overview of the e-commerce development situation in the period of 2024-2025 and update e-commerce trends in the coming time, how AI Automation - AI Worker will change the e-commerce era, as well as tax-related content for business households and enterprises in the e-commerce environment; representatives of Haravan Technology Joint Stock Company shared about effective sales methods on Facebook livestream and short Video Reels 2025, to be able to support businesses, establishments, and cooperatives trading products in the province to have more knowledge and skills to effectively exploit business activities in the e-commerce environment in general and the Facebook platform in particular.

Immediately after that, the discussion session "E-commerce enterprises integrating in the digital age" took place with the guidance of representatives of the Vietnam E-commerce Association and speakers representing Haravan Technology Joint Stock Company, Shopee e-commerce platform, Tiktok Shop, Viettel Post, Representative - OSB, Tu Trinh Food enterprise (Dong Thap province).

The results of the Workshop "Developing e-commerce in the digital age" have provided state management agencies, enterprises, establishments, cooperatives, and cooperative groups with a lot of useful information about e-commerce development.

Conference on "Connecting agricultural supply and demand" via e-commerce platforms in 2024. Photo: Tran Thang

Connecting supply and demand through e-commerce platforms

On the afternoon of November 26, 2024, in Cao Lanh City, the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee (VFF) of Dong Thap province and the Department of Industry and Trade coordinated with the Steering Committee of the Campaign "Vietnamese people prioritize using Vietnamese goods" of the province, and the Vietnam E-commerce Association to organize the Conference "Connecting supply and demand of agricultural products" through e-commerce platforms in 2024.

Dong Thap is an agricultural province with many famous products that are loved by consumers. In recent years, the project of restructuring the agricultural and industrial sectors of the province has created a transformation for the locality, diversifying agricultural products, improving product quality, increasingly meeting the standards of the domestic and export markets. Understanding the potential and appreciating the values ​​of local resources, Dong Thap always strives to enhance local products while supporting businesses, establishments, and cooperatives to access many modern business methods to bring the province's products far and wide.

At the conference, representatives of e-commerce platforms Shopee and Tiktok guided businesses to connect with e-commerce platforms at the direct connection session between Dong Thap businesses and e-commerce platforms, successfully register for e-commerce platforms Shopee, Tiktok and operate booths on e-commerce platforms and provide technical instructions for livestreaming.

Through the meeting, strengthen the propaganda and dissemination of the Campaign "Vietnamese people prioritize using Vietnamese goods"; create a space for meeting, connecting, exchanging, and seeking cooperation opportunities between enterprises with Associations, cooperatives and start-ups in the Province, create a bridge for enterprises to access rural products, gradually build a distribution channel network to expand the market, create prestige with consumers about Vietnamese products; at the same time, help businesses consuming goods and manufacturers understand each other better, especially clearly understand the roles and responsibilities of each party to have a more sustainable production orientation and link to consume agricultural products in the new period; ensure stable output for cooperatives, start-ups and households producing and trading OCOP products.

The Conference Program "Connecting supply - demand of agricultural products" through e-commerce platforms has brought to enterprises, establishments, production cooperatives (including OCOP product owners) in the province, more business methods on e-commerce platforms, more knowledge, skills and opportunities to trade agricultural products in a modern way (registering and operating booths on e-commerce platforms), more effectively, contributing to diversifying product consumption methods, opening up new markets, increasing opportunities to reach customers and improving economic efficiency for the province's products.

Source: https://congthuong.vn/hoi-thao-phat-trien-thuong-mai-dien-tu-trong-ky-nguyen-so-nam-2024-360998.html