In 2023, the province’s e-commerce index will rank 12/58 provinces and cities nationwide with 20.5 points, up 12 places compared to 2019. Currently, the province is directing industries, Functional units continue to synchronously implement solutions to promote the development of e-commerce activities to improve rankings in the following years.
The e-commerce index is compiled from 3 component indices, including: Human resources and information technology infrastructure; e-commerce transaction index between businesses and consumers (B2C); Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce transaction index. In Hung Yen province, among these component indexes, the business-to-business (B2B) transaction index recorded a strong improvement. In 2023, this index will rank 14/58 provinces and cities with 25.2 points, up 4 places compared to 2022. The above results are due to the province’s drastic direction in directing functional departments and branches, Localities and businesses promote propaganda and guide people and businesses to register to use management software, electronic signatures, and electronic invoices. From 2021 up to now, the province has supported 53 enterprises, cooperatives, and business households in the province to participate in a number of local and national e-commerce programs and projects; providing smart SEO solution packages through Landing Papes for small and medium-sized businesses; Advise businesses on implementing online sales processes, business processes according to the world’s advanced B2C model, how to integrate online payment tools, effective advertising for e-commerce websites… Thereby, helping businesses in the province actively and proactively apply e-commerce to consume products, expand markets, establish distribution and sales channels on digital technology platforms. By the end of 2023, the whole province will have 115 establishments with chemical activities implementing digital transformation in the industrial sector.
To improve human resource index and information technology infrastructure; index of e-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers (B2C), the province pays attention and creates favorable conditions for information technology, electronics and telecommunications businesses to operate and develop. From 2016 up to now, the Department of Industry and Trade has coordinated with the Department of E-Commerce and Digital Economy (Ministry of Industry and Trade) to organize training on e-commerce knowledge for over 1 thousand students of universities and colleges. equality in the province; Training to improve legal knowledge on e-commerce for nearly 200 people who are specialized in managing e-commerce and information technology of agencies at all levels in the province. In 2023, the Department of Industry and Trade will build and implement the project “Upgrading the e-commerce trading floor of Hung Yen province”, connecting the local e-commerce trading floor with the consolidated floor “sanviet.vn” according to the project of building a unified e-commerce trading floor. most 63 provinces and cities of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Telecommunications enterprises, districts, towns and cities promote propaganda and implementation of non-cash payments to officials and workers in the unit. On October 21, 2020, the Provincial People’s Committee issued Plan No. 131/KH – People’s Committee on e-commerce development in Hung Yen province, period 2021 – 2025 with a total implementation budget of over 7.2 billion VND to improve the e-commerce index in the province, meeting development needs in the new situation.
With the implemented solutions, up to now, the rate of small and medium enterprises in the province operating on e-commerce platforms has reached 31%; The percentage of commune-level merchants with online sales or service provision is nearly 40%; Non-cash payment rate in e-commerce reaches 30%…
Besides the results achieved, the reasons why the human resource index and information technology infrastructure; The e-commerce transaction index between businesses and consumers has not had a breakthrough because high-quality human resources for e-commerce development in the province are still limited, making information support for businesses not timely. The number of business websites increased but not much; Enterprises that organize and deploy e-commerce applications are mainly spontaneous, concentrated in large enterprises. Exploiting the benefits that e-commerce brings such as online marketing and advertising, sales, and ordering has not been widely applied. Security, safety, and confidentiality issues when participating in the Website are not guaranteed…
Comrade Nguyen Van Tho, Director of the Department of Industry and Trade, said: The province strives to be in the group of 10 leading localities in the country in terms of e-commerce index by 2025; The proportion of people shopping online in the province reached 55%; Non-cash payment rate reaches 50%; Small and medium-sized enterprises conducting business activities on e-commerce platforms reach a rate of 50%… To complete the set goals, in the coming time, the department will promote coordination in training and resource development. human resources, especially full-time and semi-specialized officials on e-commerce to meet the requirements of state management of e-commerce; Encourage businesses to use technology to develop non-cash payment services; Apply digital signature authentication to ensure safety and security for e-commerce transactions; Support businesses to set up and use an email system with their own domain name, as a communication tool, information exchange, online transactions…
Hoa Phuong
