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E-Commerce Department Ministry of Trade Vietnam. Environment for Electronic Commerce (Vietnam). ICT infrastructure. Internet – History marks. Before 1997: dial-up by early ISP: FPT, Netnam Decree 21/1997/ND-CP: legal basis for Internet service provision
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E-Commerce Department Ministry of Trade Vietnam Environment forElectronic Commerce(Vietnam)
Internet – History marks • Before 1997: dial-up by early ISP: FPT, Netnam • Decree 21/1997/ND-CP: legal basis for Internet service provision • December 1997: Vietnam officially connect to Internet • 1 IXP: VNPT • 4 ISP: VNPT, FPT, SPT, Netnam • 2000, internet service provided nation-wide • Dial-up through telephone line system of VNPT
Internet – History marks • Decree 55/2001/CP-ND on management of Internet services. Change in perception • Changing from “Manage then Open the service” to “Mangement for development of Internet service” • 2002: Termination of monopoly in IXP • 5/2003: ADSL – the break through in Internet services • The booming of internet service (café, services...) • Connecting forms: Wi-Fi, GPRS • 10/2003: Establishment of National Internet CenterVNIX
Development of Internet services For 2005 statistics • International bandwidth: 2,997 Gbps • IXP (6), ISP (17), OSP (15), ICP • Total subscribers: 2,3 mio (population: 80 mio) • Internet users: 8,56 triệu • Number of domain names .vn: 12.611 (80% .com.vn) • Ratio of domain names / population still low: 0,00017 • Number of IP provided: 607.744 • Increase but still low compared to the other countries • Number of business with website: 17.500
Characteristics • Development of value-addes services: VoIP, chat, forum, online games • Diversification of users, longer time of using internet • Only 5/17 ISP actually operating in market • Domestic contents development increase: business, education, news...
Events • Online Securities • Establishment of – VnCERT • Certificate authorities • Some providers of digital signature and CA • E-payment forms • Open source is not widely applicable • EDI just begins
Legal environment & Policies • Policies regarding e-commerce • Strategy for ICT development (Govt Decision No. 246) • Master Plan for E-commerce development (2005) • Master Plan for E-government development (2005) • Project assisting SME’s application of E-com (2006) • Strategy for SW industry development • Legal environment • E-commerce Ordinance • Electronic Transaction Law (3/2006 effected) • ICT Law (drafted 2006)
Legal environment & Policies • Related laws • Commercial Code (amended 2005) • Civil Code (amended 2005) • ICT law (drafted) • IPR law • Related Govt’s decrees • E-commerce decree (drafted) • Digital and CA service decree (drafted) • E- Financial & e- banking transaction decree (drafted)
Legal environment & Policies • Policies relating to E-commerce • Management, provision and usage of internet • E-payment • E-customs • E-tax • Online criminals • Managements of domain name:Quy định về quản lý và sử dụng tài nguyên Internet (QĐ 27/2005/QĐ-BCVT) • Management of website establishment (website): Quy định về cấp phép (QĐ 27/2002/QĐ-BVHTT)
Popularization of Internet • Reduction in cost of PC, laptop... • Youth users • Objectives of using internet are different • English and foreign language level • International integration: open of ICT market, Internet services • Hacker, virus, spam, fraud of c/c, pornography
Supporting activities • Application of state orgnizations • E- trading procedures, e-tax, e-customs • Supporting organizations • VCCI, VIA • E-com Department under Ministry of Trade • Training • Lack of programmers, all levels • Education in ICT (most of universities) • Education in Ecommerce still beginning (a few universities)
Purchasing habits • Traditional habits of purchasing • Habits of using cash • Banks’ efforts in electronic-payments • Credit card • Debit card • … still in beginning, not very convenient • Lack of linkage among the banks • Online/Internet payments, banking still in preparation
Social issues • ICT attract the development • Copy right violations • Consumer protection regulations • Privacy protection • Dispute resolutions
Some idex • (Information Society Index) ISI: 52/53 (IDC & World Time) • Computer, ICT infrastucture, social development • Network Readiness Index: 68/104 (WEF) • E-Readiness Index: 61/65 (EIU) • E-Gov 2004: 112/191 (UNPAN) • Software Engineering Index: 17/30 (CIO Insight – Global Outsourcing 2005) • Copy Right Violation ratio: 92%, 89/89 (BSA)