Chinese newspapers: Lazada, Shopee promote trade between Vietnam and China

A Vietnamese trader, Ms. Doan Kim Yen bought a lot of Chinese goods from Shopee on 12/12, also known as Double 12, an online shopping festival originating from China and has been popularized. variable in Vietnam.

Within two days, most of the cargo was shipped from inland provinces of China to Yen's warehouse in northern Lao Cai via Ha Khau border gate, which is next to Lao Cai and is China-Vietnam border. busiest in southwestern Yunnan province.

The 26-year-old said she started selling Chinese goods and sold them to retailers in Vietnam's major cities since she was learning Chinese in Ha Khau in 2015. After that, she had to use using a tricycle to transport your goods and go through customs procedures in Hekou, will take up to several hours.

"A long road full of trucks and three-wheelers is a common sight at Ha Khau border gate in 2015," recalls Yen. "I usually leave home in Lao Cai at 7 am and come back from Hekou with goods at 8 pm. It's tiring." However, with the e-commerce business she started earlier this year, all she has to do now is do a few operations on her smartphone.

Yen is one of the cross-border merchants who are making money from cross-border e-commerce, which is growing in Hekou, helping boost trade between the two countries. According to customs data, Ha Khau Border Gate saw a transaction volume of 14.1 billion CNY (about 2 billion USD) in the first 8 months of this year, an increase of 30.4% compared to last year.

Cross-border e-commerce also received a major boost when it became part of the Yunnan Free Trade Zone (FTZ) inaugurated in August this year. The move is aimed at promoting the liberalization of foreign trade in Yunnan, renewing the mode of cross-border economic cooperation and building Yunnan into an open front of China in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

As of December 10, a total of 73 e-commerce companies have set up operations in China-ASEAN cross-border e-commerce logistics park, which opened in October this year. Online sales of companies exceeded CNY 80 million during this period.

Li Jianrong, general manager of a regional e-commerce company, said his company can deliver up to 3,000 parcels, mostly garments, bags and shoes to Vietnamese customers in the country. Peak season.

"Vietnamese customers can order our goods on popular online shopping platforms like Lazada and Shopee. It only takes one day to transport goods from Hekou to Hanoi and at most three days. to go to Ho Chi Minh City, "Li said.

He added that local authorities in Hekou have introduced preferential policies such as tax breaks to attract more e-commerce companies. An online cargo declaration system has also been launched to improve clearance efficiency. "Given the geographical advantages of Hekou and the huge market potential in Southeast Asia, I hope to see more e-commerce startups in the region," Li said.