Social media time falls for second year in a row

Internet speed in Vietnam might slow down due to a fault detected Sunday in an undersea optical fiber cable section.

Lawmakers Friday hotly debated a draft law prohibiting online liquor sales, with some arguing it could prove counterproductive.

Forty-eight percent of Vietnamese consumers buy premium products online from local retailers, with cosmetics the top category, a report says.

100 selected Vietnamese businesses will participate in a support program to help them reach more customers on Amazon.

Seventy percent of Vietnamese using chat apps for online shopping do so on Facebook Messenger, a survey has found.

Up to 98 percent of internet users in Vietnam have made purchases online, up one percentage point over 2017.

Online Black Friday retailers failed to enthuse customers with usual discounts, while brick and mortar stores saw heavy traffic.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd cashed a record CNY213.5 billion ($30.70 billion) in sales in its retail frenzy Singles’ Day.

Hanoi has issued an appeal for residents to spread “positive, humanitarian” content rather than “false, degrading” misinformation.

A large demographic, including mothers and the middle-aged, are into mobile gaming in Vietnam, promising great advertising potential. 

Millions of Vietnamese internet users breathed a sigh of relief as the Asia America Gateway cable’s signal loss problem was resolved Saturday.

The disaster-prone AAG undersea cable has acted up again and internet speed in Vietnam is set to reduce significantly.

Facebook suffered its worst public relations disaster when a huge data privacy breach was revealed this year.