Digital business transformation

E-commerce has driven significant growth locally, at 46%, alongside strong growth across the majority of sectors with the exception of travel. Overall, the year’s gross merchandise value (GMV) is anticipated to reach a total value of US$14 billion, representing annual growth of 16%. Looking forward to 2025, the overall economy is likely reach US$52 billion in value, especially with both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City being named among the top 10 most dynamic cities in the world in 2019, according to City Momentum Index 2019. … [Read more...] about Digital transformation accelerates online sales target of US$35 billion

HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Vietnam should use artificial intelligence in more areas to boost productivity and to improve people’s lives, experts have said. Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui The Duy told a recent conference that AI had been receiving more and more attention in recent years, and, along with other modern technologies (such as big data and cloud computing), was changing people's lives and business activities. COVID-19 was creating a push for faster digital transformation, and companies and researchers should consider how using AI solutions could help a recovery after the pandemic, he said. Nguyen Viet Dung, director of the HCM City Department of Science and Technology, said the city was among the first in Vietnam to issue a programme to facilitate digital transformation, focusing on promoting AI usage. Dr Stefan Hajkowicz of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation said AI could be used in many areas, pointing to how Australia … [Read more...] about AI development key for economy: experts

Banish Pandemic-induced Skincare Woes with POND’s Beauty Tech on ShopeeHO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - Media OutReach - 1 December 2020 - It's no secret that, among many other things, Covid-19 has been damaging for skin. Continued working from home, constant exposure to the blue light from our computer screens and perpetual mask-wearing have all taken their toll on our precious faces leaving them drier, acne-prone and more susceptible to early wrinkles. With the POND'S Institute predicting that the continued restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic across the region will continue to play havoc with our skin, POND'S has teamed up with Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, to integrate its Skin Advisor Live (SAL) chatbot on the platform so consumers can easily identify and find solutions to some of their most pressing skincare concerns. … [Read more...] about 2021 skincare solutions just a click away with POND’S Skin Advisor Live chatbot now on Shopee