Promoting e-commerce startups by 2025

Attending the Program were representatives of leaders of the Departments of Science and Technology, Education and Training, Agriculture and Environment; Provincial Cooperative Union, Women's Union, Provincial Farmers' Association, Bac Ninh Provincial Youth Union; along with more than 200 lecturers, students from Universities, Academies, Colleges, Secondary Schools in the province and representatives of a number of technology enterprises, e-commerce platforms, digital solution providers.

Mr. Nguyen Van Phuong delivered the opening speech.

The program aims to encourage the spirit of entrepreneurship, innovation and promote the application of e-commerce in production and business for students starting up in the province; encourage the participation of enterprises, cooperatives, production facilities, craft villages, and units with OCOP products. Thereby, promoting and spreading the value of products on digital platforms and e-commerce.

In his opening speech, Mr. Nguyen Van Phuong, Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Trade, affirmed that e-commerce is not only a sales channel, but also a place where creative ideas can be deployed, tested and turned into reality.

Delegates attending the Program.

At the same time, it is said that global retail e-commerce sales in 2025 are estimated to reach about 6.42 trillion USD (accounting for about 20.5% of total global retail sales), an increase of about 6.9% compared to 2024; the estimated number of online shoppers worldwide is about 2.77-2.8 billion people, equivalent to 33% of the global population.

In Vietnam, although the economy is still facing many difficulties, e-commerce still maintains a high growth rate. The total value of e-commerce transactions in Vietnam in 2025 is forecast to reach 26 - 28 billion USD. This shows that e-commerce is a "broad land" for those who want to start a new business direction, especially the young.

With great trends and potential, e-commerce continues to open up many start-up opportunities for all classes in society, especially young businesses and young people and students, in line with the Party and State's policy of promoting digital economic development.

Bac Ninh is a locality with a fast industrial and service development speed, a young and dynamic workforce. Equipping students and young people with knowledge, skills and creating an environment for practical experience in e-commerce is an urgent requirement, contributing to the formation of a creative start-up team, meeting the new development requirements of the province.

E-commerce expert guides livestream sales.

At the Program, delegates listened to representatives of the Department of E-commerce and Digital Economy (Ministry of Industry and Trade) share information on e-commerce development trends and start-up opportunities for young people in the digital age; representatives of the Bac Ninh Investment and Start-up Club introduced the needs and start-up orientation in the field of e-commerce of businesses and young people in Bac Ninh province.

Here, delegates were equipped with knowledge and practical skills in e-commerce for students and young people by experts from New Brand Media Limited Company; e-commerce platform, digital solution provider, helping young people understand correctly - do correctly - do effectively in the digital business environment.

At the same time, share knowledge and "real-life" tools in the digital business environment, so that startup ideas can be accompanied and supported right from when they are still in school.

Within the framework of the Program, the Organizing Committee arranged a livestream sales experience area with 10 booths displaying OCOP products and rural industrial products of the province. Thereby, helping delegates, especially students, have a vivid visual view when being directly guided by experts to practice livestream sales.

Through practical experiences, young people can meet and connect with consultants, experts, and businesses to share real experiences, directly participate in activities such as building booths, creating content, livestreaming sales, learning about operations - payment - logistics processes, thereby connecting theory with practice and nurturing the spirit of digital entrepreneurship.

The program "Startup of E-commerce in Bac Ninh in 2025" took place throughout the afternoon of the same day with livestream sales instructions from experts in the field of e-commerce.

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