VN hosts Asia-Pacific e-commerce meeting
VN hosts Asia-Pacific e-commerce meeting
Domestic and foreign experts in e-commerce and information technology exchanged notes at the 31st Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (AFACT) plenary meeting in HCM City.
EDICOM, the annual international conference and exhibition of AFACT, featured the latest technology and information on e-business solutions at nearly 30 booths during the three-day event which ended yesterday.
Fifteen projects in trade facilitation and e-business received eASIA awards, a biennial awards event that recognises efforts within the AFACT community.
The electronic-bank realisation certificate project of India's Directorate General of Foreign Trade won first prize in the trade-facilitation category.
Viet Nam's FPT Information System Company was given first prize in the e-business in the public sector category for an electronic customs clearance system (e-customs).
Taiwan's CyberSoft Digital Services Corp was awarded first prize in the e-business in the private sector category for a secure mobile payment system.
The first prize for bridging the digital-divide category was given to the APEC digital opportunity centre project of Taiwan's Institute of Information Industry.
The event was organised by the Viet Nam E-commerce and Information Technology Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the HCM City Department of Industry and Trade.
AFACT, a non-profit, non-political, voluntary and independent organisation, has 19 members in the Asia-Pacific region.
The 2014 APACT meeting will be held in Thailand.
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