(HBO) - Since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, consumers have switched to online shopping. To meet the market's demand, Hoa Binh’s facilities and businesses have taken the initiative in putting products for sale on e-commerce marketplaces and websites to stabilise production and ensure workers’ lives.


Most of the supermarkets and convenience stores accept payments via bank accounts and VNPay app (Photo taken at AP Plaza in Hoa Binh city).

In 2020, 70 percent of firms in Hoa Binh used email for their activities, more than 30 percent owned websites; over 30 percent sold their products on e-commerce sites and over 20 percent used specific software.

 

The agricultural sector faced various hardships last year and the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and relevant agencies assisted local farmers with selling their products on e-commerce platforms.

Together with Postmart.vn and Voso.vn, training courses were held across 10 districts and Hoa Binh city for about 2,900 agricultural production households and cooperatives. As a result, 443 collectives and individuals started to sell products on Postmart.vn and 486 at Voso.vn.

Bui Van Mien, director of Son Thuy agricultural service cooperative in Xuan Thuy commune (Kim Boi district), said e-commerce platforms boosted the sale of Son Thuy longan last year and helped the cooperative connect with consumers and save costs.

A large number of supermarkets and convenience stores in the province now also sell products online.

Deputy Director of AP Plaza Hoang Thi Tuoi said when the province reported COVID-19 outbreaks, the supermarket launched online shopping and free delivery services for invoices of at least 150,000 VND (6.6 USD). It also accepted payments made via VNPay and bank accounts to avoid direct contact.

For the 2021-2025 period, Hoa Binh targets to have 55 percent of its population purchase products online; 50 percent of supermarkets, shopping malls, distributors, families and individuals use cashless payment methods; revenues of business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce business models expand 15-20 percent annually and that of business-to-business (B2B) models account for 10-15 percent of export turnover by 2025.

In addition, about 80 percent of local firms will own websites and all supermarkets and shopping malls have point of sale (POS) software and 70 percent of utility providers accept cashless payments and issue e-invoice for consumers./.

 



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