Despite having no small cash in his pocket, Hoàng Dương can still pay for his cup of tea to a vendor in Quán Thánh street, Hà Nội, by scanning a QR code from his smartphone even though the cost is only VNĐ3,000 (US$0.13).
Districts in HCM City are looking into setting up designated areas for food street vendors in an effort to ensure pandemic safety and order on the streets.
The Ministry of Industry (MoIT) is enhancing digital training support for farmers and small vendors, in response to the seemingly permanent shift towards online retail trading, caused by the pandemic.
From morning to early afternoon Nguyen Van Chiem in HCM City’s District 1 is bustling with food vendors selling breakfast and lunch and customers coming to eat.
Samsung Electronics Viet Nam (SEV) aims to increase the number of Vietnamese enterprises serving as tier-1 vendors from the current 29 to 35 by the end of this year, 42 in 2019 and 50 in 2020.
Vietnamese enterprises have a big opportunity to enter the global value
chain with several investors entering the country, Nguyen Mai, chairman
of Viet Nam Association of Foreign Invested Enterprises said.