A ceremony to launch Online Friday 2022 and open the second Concentrated Promotion Month of this year called “Shopping Season” was held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 1 evening.
HCM City (VNA) – A ceremony to launch Online Friday 2022 and open thesecond Concentrated Promotion Month of this year called “Shopping Season” washeld in Ho Chi Minh City on December 1 evening.
The ceremony was jointly held by the Ministry of Industryand Trade, the Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency, and the municipalPeople's Committee.
Duong Anh Duc, Vice Chairman of the municipal People'sCommittee, said that the Concentrated Promotion Month has been implemented inthe city for many years with the participation of many businesses across thecountry.
Along with the programme, the National E-commerce Week and Online Friday 2022will offer a chance for domestic consumers and international visitors to havegreat shopping experiences on the online environment during the big year-endshopping festival.
The events are also an opportunity for businesses to take advantage of andoptimise support tools and features on e-commerce platforms, expand access to awide range of customers, and increase online revenue.
The second Concentrated Promotion Month (from November 15 to December 22)attracted the participation of 3,326 businesses with 6,981 promotions offeredas of November 29, as compared to 1,298 firms and 5,488 promotion programmes duringthe first Concentrated Promotion Month (June 15-July 15).
Meanwhile, as of 6pm on December 1, six hours before the OnlineFriday 2022 gets started, there were more than 70,000 products, with more than500 promotions from 370 sellers participating in the event of 60 hours of onlineshopping in Vietnam.
Consumers nationwide can access the official website addressat www.OnlineFriday.vn from 00:00 on December 2 to search for products and attractivepromotions./.
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Delegates launch Online Friday 2022 (Photo: VNA) 
