News / Vietnam e-commerce boom a headache for logistics players

Vietnam’s explosive e-commerce growth is providing big opportunities – and headaches – for online retailers and their logistics service providers.

Yesterday, speakers at the Global Supply Chain Council’s eLog Forum in Ho Chi Minh City described the huge growth taking place and the challenges in last-mile operations.

According to Amanda Rasmussen, chief operating officer at Indo Trans Logistics (ITL), online retail in Vietnam is growing at 25-35% a year, with the current US$4bn market value expected to more than double by 2020.

“We see an even higher ...