Vietnam to launch Internet

Vietnam to launch Internet

HANOI (AFP): Vietnam is to launch its first e-commerce
Internet website next month as part of moves by the authorities
here to catch up with the explosion of e-commerce worldwide.

The Vietnam Young Enterprises' Council is to launch the
website at the beginning of next month, council official Duong
Thi Minh said.

The site, at www.YesVietnamExpo.com.vn, will initially offer
domestic customers information and back-up facilities, allowing
the enterprises to communicate online, hold economic forums and
make transactions, she said.

By the middle of this year the council will place a server in
the United States, to encourage overseas enterprises to use the
site.

"There have been 36 domestic enterprises who want to introduce
their products and services on the site," Minh said.