The first quarter saw the Southeast Asian country import $3.079 billion worth of mobile phones and components, a 22.4 per cent increase compared to last year and the 5th largest import of the country.
The use of second-hand mobile phones is a growing trend, including among youths, because of their reasonable prices and the lack of need for many technologies in high-priced new phones.
VinSmart said it sold more than 1.2 million Vsmart mobile phones after 17 months of joining the market, meaning that at least one out of 100 Vietnamese people use the brand.
Phones and components lead in Viet Nam’s export turnover in the first nine months of this year, with a value of US$38.6 billion, up 5.1 per cent y-o-y and about 19.9 per cent of total exports.
Mobile telecom provider Vietnamobile announced on Tuesday its partnership with Samsung to become one of the first operators in Viet Nam to provide VoLTE and VoWifi voice call services.
Digiworld Joint Stock Company and HMD Global, makers of Nokia phones, on Wednesday signed an agreement to expand their partnership and further develop the Nokia brand in the country.
As more and more people are using smart phones for online shopping, businesses should learn how to and make full use of this potential, experts told a conference on mobile e-commerce in HCM City on Friday.