Nghe An has only 618 registered e-commerce websites.

According to statistics from the Department of Industry and Trade, currently in the province there are more than 5,000 active domain names, of which more than 2,000 websites operate as e-commerce and 618 e-commerce websites have been registered with the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

In order to promote e-commerce business methods, the Department of Industry and Trade has built Nghe An e-commerce trading floor, with access address 37nghean.com.

Up to now, 426 businesses and traders have registered to participate and set up booths, attracting over 6.8 million visits; introducing and offering 3,350 products and services; contributing to improving production and business efficiency for businesses.

Nghe An province e-commerce trading floor.

According to the annual Vietnam E-commerce Index Report of the Vietnam E-commerce Association (EBI index), Nghe An is one of the provinces ranked at a fairly good level in the country. Specifically: In 2014, it ranked 9th, in 2015, it ranked 14th in the country, in 2016, it ranked 17th out of 63 surveyed provinces and cities, in 2017, it ranked 16th in the country.

However, e-commerce has only been strongly developed in urban and town areas; in rural and mountainous areas, the level of understanding and application is still limited.

The number of e-commerce websites and registered e-commerce websites is still quite modest compared to the number of e-commerce websites that individuals, organizations, and businesses are managing and the more than 10,000 businesses operating in the area.

Explaining the barriers while the potential for e-commerce development in Nghe An is still very large, Mr. Hoang Minh Tuan - Deputy Head of the General Planning Department, Department of Industry and Trade, Deputy Head of the Provincial E-commerce Board said: Many Nghe An e-commerce enterprises have not fully recognized the benefits and paid due attention to the application of e-commerce in production and business; have not invested, upgraded websites, updated information, promoted products, goods and services to customers and consumers.

The human resources for e-commerce activities in enterprises are still limited. There is no training facility for human resources in e-commerce in the area to provide for enterprises. The source of investment capital for e-commerce development in the locality is still limited.

There are still many websites that operate in violation of e-commerce regulations and high-tech criminals are increasingly sophisticated in their activities. The Department of Industry and Trade is taking the lead in coordinating with relevant departments and branches.tThe organization inspected and handled 13 businesses violating e-commerce laws, collecting a fine of 270 million VND. The situation of floating products, products of unknown origin... has negatively impacted the development of e-commerce.

On the other hand, traditional business methods are still a habit that is not easy to change for businesses and consumers.

E-commerce websites are used effectively by some businesses to promote, consult, and transact with customers, increasing business efficiency. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

With the orientation of effectively exploiting the potential, contributing to making e-commerce a popular activity, contributing to the successful implementation of the socio-economic development goals of the province, the Industry and Trade sector has proposed the following solutions: Strengthening the construction and development of e-commerce infrastructure; Continuing to promote propaganda, raising awareness, training and developing e-commerce human resources for businesses, cooperatives and students.

At the same time, improve the quality of operations of Nghe An e-commerce trading floor: 37nghean.com; Improve management capacity in e-commerce activities by training a team of e-commerce managers with expertise, profession and e-commerce law; Gradually deploy and develop e-commerce development plans for each industry and each locality accordingly.;Continue to strengthen inspection and handling of violations of e-commerce to create a reliable and safe e-commerce environment for people and businesses./.