Personal e-commerce in Vietnam is just classified

Online transactions among consumers are most commonly posted, promoting product information. After that, the procedure to complete the resale purchase is done offline. There is no online payment, C2C model in Vietnam is in a half-hearted state.

According to statistics of the Ministry of Trade in trustvn.gov.vn , there are 87 websites operating in the country in the form of customer to customer (C2C). The websites 1001shoppings.com , chodientu.vn , aha.com.vn , vietco.com , sieuthihangchatluong.com . are the most effective trading floors according to the ranking of the Ministry of Trade as of December 31 / 2006.

However, Deputy Director of E-Commerce Department (Ministry of Trade) Tran Huu Linh also said that more than half of the addresses in the list above are in a state of "covering" or "lying down". " Vietnam's C2C activity is still very primitive, " Mr. Linh concluded.

Mr. Mai Anh, Director of the Informatics Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said that there has never been a C2C model in the fullest sense. "C2C is a transaction between individuals and individuals. In the country, I have not seen any such pure system," said Mai Anh. " Is it reasonable to consider sites, classified ads on electronic newspapers, forums or categories of some auction floors as C2C? But that is still half-hearted, not at the level of e-commerce. , that means there must be transactions, payments . completely online ".

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Director of electronic market (chodientu.vn) Nguyen Hoa Binh concurred with this statement. " Most consumers still use online marketing to exchange goods between individuals. But it is C2C not professional and incomplete. In terms of business, it's not a model. good if maintained like that, although this type of transaction is quite popular , "the electronic market manager analyzed. " Because it is spontaneous, easy to set up, easy to operate but difficult to create trust, ensuring credibility and importance is very difficult to collect money ".

In such a context, eBay - the world's largest online trading platform - launches a Vietnamese interface, starting the official business activities in Vietnam, is considered a "kick" for e-commerce, especially C2C transactions, in the country. Recognizing " Vietnam is a potential market with 10 million Internet users today, within the next 3 years will grow about 24% ", but the move of eBay is not too loud and expresses modest purpose " improve understanding for Internet users in Vietnam, help domestic sellers increase the number of export goods "as eBay Southeast Asia Director Sam MacDonagh told the press at the launch of ebay.vn .

" Anyway, eBay in Vietnam means that there will be some websites that do not have enough e-commerce to" leave "because they are not competitive enough. But surely the e-commerce environment will be more exciting. " , Mr. Mai Anh predicted.

Many experts also say that to survive, 'internal' exchanges will tend to either collaborate with eBay or connect with each other or find a different direction, exploiting their own strengths. " eBay has its initial advantages, but even if it is 'big man' it is unlikely that it will gain a unique position in the future. People who create their own identity will stay and win, " said Mai Anh.

Indigenous factors with purchasing culture, psychology, consumer habits, exploitation of value-added services, geographical advantages . are emphasized by experts when referring to competitiveness. of e-commerce in the coming time.

The argument of many businesses is that eBay can wind up in Europe and America with a value of $ 40 billion per year but in Asian markets, the imprint of eBay is not always brilliant. The most obvious evidence is that in Japan, Korea, China . this name has not been able to occupy the overwhelming market share.

" Foreign businesses entering the domestic market are of course a roadmap but remember, Vietnamese people are using everything for free. To change their habits is a big problem ," Director of Electronic Market to speak. " And I want to promote the Vietnamese movement to use Vietnamese goods ".

From the perspective of being a state management agency and for many years trying to promote the development of domestic e-commerce, the E-Commerce Department said that it does not advocate directly to specific websites but Promises to make the policy timely. This year, this Department will issue a number of legal documents to regulate the operation of online trading floors.

" C2C is not the number one priority. In order to develop an online economy, it is necessary to focus on models that bring great values ​​and revenue such as B2B (business to business) or B2C (business to customer) ", Mr. Tran Huu Linh said. " But in the next 3 years, domestic e-commerce in general will be many times stronger than now. Payment infrastructure, distribution services, development delivery will have a great impact, promoting C2C model instead. change the positive appearance of the status quo ".

Nguyen Hang