(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./.
Hoa Binh scored the highest points in two out of the eight indicators of the Public Administrative Reform (PAR) Index ranking in 2023 that the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on April 17.
A working delegation from Hoa Binh province led by Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh is attending a programme to popularise Vietnamese products in the US and Canada on April 20-28.
Anyone found to be encroaching upon the forest, even if it is just one bamboo shoot, will face penalties. This commitment has been unanimously added into the covenant of Bua Cau hamlet, Hung Son commune in Kim Boi district, to protect the forest.
The Hoa Binh Power Corporation (PC Hoa Binh) has applied synchronous measures to gear up for the coming summer season when power consumption demand surge may cause a risk of power supply disruption.
Appreciating the abundant potential and strengths of his hometown for tourism development, Ha Cong Hung, Deputy Secretary of the youth union of Mai Chau district’s Mai Hich commune, embarked on producing smoked meat with a desire to introduce his homeland's specialty to domestic and international tourists.
Hoa Binh farmers are investing big in their chilli pepper cultivation areas after the first batch of 7.5 tonnes of pickled chilli peppers was shipped to the Republic of Korea (RoK) by Tien Ngan Trade and Investment Co., Ltd last month.
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