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With fast digital transformation and supportive policies from the government, Vietnam is becoming an emerging manufacturing center for business-to-customer (B2C) e-commerce export growth both regionally and globally. Global e-retail giant Amazon will make Vietnam an emerging link in its global e-commerce supply chain, said Amazon Vice President Eric Broussard.

At the Amazon's Cross-border E-Commerce Conference held on October 17 in Hanoi, Vietnamese businesses were praised for effectively promoting retail exports through e-commerce.

Vietnam News Today (Sep. 20): Vietnam's role in UN peacekeeping cooperation mechanisms highlighted; Vietnamese Deputy PM meets with Cuban leaders; Vietnamese economy remains resilient amid headwinds; Hanoi renews tourism products to increase attractiveness.

Thu Van was rejected for nearly 1,000 positions before becoming a Senior Program Manager at Amazon's headquarters (Seattle, USA). However, this tenacious woman never gave up on success.

Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin rocket crew made history on July 20 after blasting off from the West Texas desert, reaching space and returning to Earth in a smooth parachute landing minutes later.

Amazon saw the number of Vietnamese merchants exporting at least $1 million worth of goods from Vietnam triple last year.

A number of businesses based in Ho Chi Minh City are getting involved in international e-commerce platforms such as Amazon and Alibaba with the aim of connecting with foreign customers and raising their revenue.

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 28 January 2021 - (NASDAQ:AMZN) - Amazon announced today at the inaugural Amazon Southeast Asia Online Seller Summit 2021 additional resources and support for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Singapore to start selling online and expand globally through its stores. Amazon announced that it is extending the waiver of professional selling account subscription fees for new and existing sellers, until 30 June 2021. This support builds on Amazon's current initiatives such as the online seller education series, Seller University, and over 225 free tools and services to help sellers grow their sales in Amazon's stores in Singapore and worldwide.

The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly accelerated the development of cross-border e-commerce, and Vietnamese online sellers need to be prepared to capitalise on the new opportunities to promote the future of "Made in Vietnam" products worldwide.

MacKenzie Scott announced on Tuesday her second major charitable contribution of the year, giving away nearly $4.2 billion to 384 organizations as part of a plan to donate a majority of her fortune.

E-commerce platforms, particularly Amazon, are expected to help Vietnamese businesses boost their exports given the complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.

To further its support of small businesses during COVID-19 and beyond, Amazon is investing an additional $100 million in special Prime Day and holiday promotional programs, and today through October 12, Amazon will offer a $10 credit to use on Prime Day to members who spend $10 on items sold by select small businesses in Amazon’s store.

Amazon.com Inc said it has banned foreign sales of seeds in the United States after thousands of Americans received unsolicited packages of seeds in their mailboxes, mostly postmarked from China, as per Reuters' report.

The Journal spoke with dozens of startup founders, investors, and advisers, who said Amazon met with or invested in their companies, only to later build its own products that directly competed with the smaller company. The Amazon-made products often went on to crush the competition, the Journal found.

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Stock prices May 8 witness a positive prospect with global stock climbing on sights, Nasdaq and Dow, Tech stocks all rise as optimism about the reopening of the U.S. economy sparked a broad market rally, according to CNBC. 

Forbes has released its 34th annual list of world’s wealthiest individuals whose sources from different industries from technology, finance & investment to fashion and retail.