"E-tailers" (electronic or online retailers) should begin with the .vn domain linked to digital services (website/email)—this is the message that Mr. Nguyen Hong Thang, Director General of the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC), delivered at a recent digital economy conference on promoting digital transformation in wholesale and retail, organised by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has given the go-ahead for the merger and acquisition (M&A) deal between the two largest local electronic retailers – The Gioi Di Dong (Mobile World) and Tran Anh Digital World.