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.