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KEY ATTRIBUTES TO WIN ONLINE CONSUMERS IN VIETNAM<br />
CÁC THUỘC TÍNH QUAN TRỌNG ĐỂ THU HÚT NGƯỜI TIÊU DÙNG<br />
TRỰC TUYẾN TẠI VIỆT NAM<br />
NGUYEN DUC QUYNH LAN *<br />
NGUYEN DUC BAO LONG *<br />
Tóm tắt<br />
Mục đích của bài viết này là xem xét các thuộc tính quan trọng để thu hút được người tiêu dùng trực<br />
tuyến tại Việt Nam. Điều này được thực hiện bằng cách khám phá các yếu tố thúc đẩy người tiêu dùng<br />
Việt Nam mua hàng trực tuyến hoặc ngoại tuyến thông qua phân tích các yếu tố như giá tốt nhất, sở thích<br />
trang web, lựa chọn giao hàng tốt nhất và giá cả, chủng loại phong phú và sản phẩm & dịch vụ. Ngoài<br />
ra, nghiên cứu cũng đã khám phá cách thức quyết định mua bán trực tuyến bị ảnh hưởng bởi giới tính,<br />
tuổi tác, khu vực sinh sống, nghề nghiệp, trình độ học vấn và thu nhập. Các thuộc tính ảnh hưởng đến việc<br />
người Việt Nam mua trực tuyến hoặc ngoại tuyến đã được tiết lộ thông qua nghiên cứu định lượng bằng<br />
cách phân tích dữ liệu thu thập được thông qua bảng câu hỏi điều tra. Mẫu này bao gồm hơn 300 người<br />
hoặc đang mua hàng trực tuyến hoặc ngoại tuyến trả lời. Những phát hiện của nghiên cứu cho thấy rằng<br />
các thuộc tính chính để giành được người tiêu dùng mua sắm trực tuyến Việt Nam là giá tốt hơn, sở thích<br />
trang web, lựa chọn giao hàng tốt nhất /giá cả, chất lượng sản phẩm và dịch vụ. Một phát hiện thú vị nữa<br />
từ nghiên cứu này là nhóm nhà giàu có có thể gây ảnh hưởng tiêu cực đến trải nghiệm người tiêu dùng<br />
trực tuyến. Nghiên cứu cũng cho thấy những người trả lời từ 18 đến 36 tuổi có thu nhập trung bình 1000<br />
USD / tháng chọn mua sắm trực tuyến nhiều hơn các nhóm khác và người trả lời sống ở thành phố Hồ<br />
Chí Minh có xu hướng mua sắm trực tuyến nhiều hơn ở Hà Nội. Các yếu tố có lợi nhất của mua sắm trực<br />
tuyến đã được xác định là khả năng mua ở mức giá thấp hơn và thuận tiện. Nghiên cứu được thực hiện<br />
dựa trên các điều kiện chung và không chỉ định cho kinh doanh điện tử và có thể không nhất thiết phải áp<br />
dụng cho kinh doanh điện tử. Do đó, nghiên cứu trong tương lai có thể được thực hiện bởi nhóm sản<br />
phẩm. Các thuộc tính được xác định bởi nghiên cứu này có thể giúp Thương mại điện tử khởi động, giúp<br />
Thương mại điện tử quốc tế tiến vào thị trường trực tuyến Việt Nam để hình thành chiến lược tiếp thị trực<br />
tuyến tốt hơn về mặt địa lý, ưu tiên của khách hàng để thu hút người tiêu dùng Việt Nam mua hàng trực<br />
tuyến, sau đó chọn trang web của họ hơn người khác.<br />
Từ khóa: Trực tuyến, thương mại điện tử, thuộc tính, Việt Nam, người tiêu dùng.<br />
Summary<br />
The purpose of this paper was to look at key attributes to win online consumers in Vietnam. This was<br />
done by exploring factors that drive a Vietnamese consumer to buy online or offline through analysis of<br />
factors such as best price, website preference, best delivery option & price, rich assortment and product<br />
& service. In addition, the research was also explored how online decision affected by gender, age, areas<br />
of living, occupation, education level and income. The attributes that influence Vietnamese to buy online<br />
or offline have been disclosed through quantitative research by analyzing data collected via questionnaire<br />
survey. The sample was consisted of over 300 respondents who either are buying online or offline. The<br />
findings of the study indicate that the main attributes to win Vietnamese online shopping consumers are<br />
better price, website preference, best delivery option/price and quality of product and service. One more<br />
interesting finding from the research was the rich assortment can give negative affect online consumer<br />
experience. The research also showed that respondents of the 18 to 36 years age group with the average<br />
income of USD 1000 per month choose shopping online more than other groups and respondents living<br />
in Ho Chi Minh city tend to shop online more than those in Hanoi. The most beneficial factors of shopping<br />
online have been identified as the possibility of buying at lower price and the convenience. The research<br />
was done based on general conditions and do not specify to e-business and may not necessarily be appli-<br />
cable to e-business. Therefore, the future research can be done by product group. Attributes identified by<br />
this study could help e-Commerce Start-ups, International E-commerce entering Vietnamese online<br />
market to better form their online e-marketing strategies in terms of geography areas, customer prefer-<br />
ence to attract Vietnamese consumers online first, then choose their website over others.<br />
Keywords: Online, e-commerce, attribute, Vietnam, consumer.<br />
* Dong Do University, Vietnam<br />
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Introduction Enabled by technology, the continued year over<br />
Research Background year growth in online shopping has been fueled by<br />
In many countries, shopping habits are changing a new generation of consumers who want greater<br />
fast. In the last decade, the use of e-Commerce has convenience, value and options. These poses both<br />
become very common following the spread of IT challenges and significant opportunities (KPMG,<br />
system such as laptops, tablets and smartphones. 2017).<br />
Today e-shoppers penetration is 43.5% in Asia According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade<br />
Pacific, 58% Europe and 70% in North America (MoT), Vietnam is one of the world’s fastest grow-<br />
(e-Commerce Foundation, 2017). More precisely, ing e-Commerce countries. The country’s e-Com-<br />
83% of China consumers and 74% of Thailand merce market is growing by 35% a year, 2.5 times<br />
consumers purchase physical and virtual goods faster than Japan’s.<br />
(Statista, 2018). Mobility is everything, as we<br />
Over the past few years, Vietnam’s continuous<br />
spend on an average more than four hours per day<br />
rapid economic growth has manifested itself in its<br />
on our phones. For most e-Commerce sites, mobile<br />
population’s consumption power. Vietnamese<br />
visits now account for more than 50% of total<br />
Internet users have increased their online spending<br />
traffic. The biggest challenge is that 86% of that<br />
over the years. Currently their online average<br />
mobile time we spend in apps like social media and<br />
annual spending per user is USD 70.18, an increase<br />
messaging, and therefore significant less time in<br />
of USD 15.18 from 2016 (USD 55 per annum).<br />
browsers. So, you must find ways to engage the<br />
Vietnamese online shopping lists have also broad-<br />
customers where they are – how do you use the<br />
ened considerably, shifting from the initial selec-<br />
new channels to drive conversion both directly in<br />
tion of books to now a large collection of product<br />
the messaging and social interface like we do on<br />
categories, including fashion, electronics and<br />
Pinterest for example, but also by driving them to<br />
media, food and personal care, furniture and appli-<br />
your website (Jeff, 2017).<br />
ances, toys, hobbies, DIY and many others.<br />
According to VECITA, Vietnam e-Commerce has<br />
even reached 4.07 billion dollars in 2015 and<br />
expected to expand to 10 billion dollars 2020 (Viet-<br />
nam E-Commerce and information Technology<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Figure 1 B2C E-Commerce Growth Rate: By Country<br />
Source: e-Commerce Foundation, 2017<br />
<br />
Within the dynamic Asian region Vietnam is,<br />
fueled by the strong growth in GDP and regional<br />
developments like TPP, one of the fastest growing<br />
nations in the world and expected to continue to do<br />
so in the years to come.<br />
<br />
<br />
Figure 3 Vietnam Consumers Connect More<br />
and More Via Mobile<br />
Source: GWI Vietnam Report, Mar 2017<br />
Agency, 2016). Though there are different statistics<br />
from different sources, there is one general trend<br />
which is Vietnam e-Commerce market is rapidly<br />
growing.<br />
Figure 2 GDP Vietnam Development Vietnam vs World Though fast growth the past few years, Vietnam<br />
Source: World Bank e-Commerce is still in its infancy. Percentage of<br />
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retail sales made online in Vietnam is only 0.6% of Problem Statement/ Research question<br />
total retail sales while more mature market such as There were more than 10,000 e-Commerce<br />
China can reach 15.9%, Japan 4.4%, and our neigh- platforms and websites registered by 2015 in Viet-<br />
borhood countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, nam, doubling the number from 2014 (VnExpress,<br />
Thailand already hit 1.7%, 1.1% and 0.8% accord- 2016). Vietnam e-Commerce market is quite young<br />
ingly ((E-marketer, 2015)). (only 5 years old). The largest players in the market<br />
are Lazada, Adayroi.com, Cho Tot, Senda.vn, The-<br />
gioididong, Tiki.vn, Shoppe. On top of local play-<br />
ers, Vietnam e-Commerce market is attracting<br />
many e-Commerce giants investing into the market<br />
such as Alibaba, JD, Amazon...<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Figure 4 Vietnam e-Commerce is Still in Its Infancy<br />
Source: Q&me, Google and Temasek, Figure 6 International E-Commerce Giants in Vietnam<br />
E-marketer July 2015 Source: Lazada, 2017<br />
<br />
In addition while only 39% of internet users has According to the survey of VECITA for the last<br />
purchased a product or service online, the penetra- 5 years, the application of e-Commerce in enter-<br />
tion rate is forecasted to reach 44.9% in 2022 prises not only focused on the big cities but also<br />
(Lazada, 2016). If we compare with our neighbor spread nationwide. Many new and diverse forms of<br />
market such as Thailand at 74%, Indonesia at 79%, businesses are operated and implemented (VECI-<br />
this forecast is not a dream. TA, 2015).<br />
With large population at 94.5 million (World<br />
Bank, 2016), fast GDP growth, income increase,<br />
more and more people are connected to internet,<br />
mobile, fast smartphone pentration growth, Viet-<br />
nam e-Commerce are having fundamentals in place<br />
for an explonential growth and attraction for<br />
investment both from internation players as well as<br />
startups.<br />
<br />
<br />
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Figure 7 Notification/registration e-Commerce<br />
websites confirmed in Vietnam<br />
Source: VECITA, 2015<br />
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Figure 5 Vietnam e-Commerce Key Advantages<br />
for Growth<br />
Source: Tradingecomonics.com, 2017<br />
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Consumers’ perception and consumption model e-Commerce market) and ASEAN. It looks<br />
patterns have changed a lot in the mobile Internet at the technological factors, consumer related<br />
age. As new purchase desires and demands are factors as well as factors of pricing and factors of<br />
created, consumers have higher and new demands product and service. Reviews of generation behav-<br />
for the connotation and denotation of goods, iors toward online shopping versus traditional<br />
consumption scenarios and experience along with shopping are also posted in this chapter. The Chap-<br />
consumption upgrade and update, thus consump- ter also goes into details of research and studies on<br />
tion demands have various new business formats. some research and development concepts related to<br />
Accurate understanding of consumers’ demands is the e-Commerce Consumer Behaviors.<br />
an important premise for enterprises to follow the Best Price<br />
trend and readjust strategic orientation (Deloitte, When consumers were asked what factors moti-<br />
2015). Along of the market growth, to get growth vated them to buy online instead of going to a shop,<br />
and opportunity momentum, understanding how the top reasons were time flexibility and cost<br />
consumers expect, how they behave are very criti- savings (KPMG, 2017)<br />
cal to win the online consumers in Vietnam.<br />
Competition is tougher and tougher. KPMG<br />
reports has shown that, although price was cited by<br />
36% of consumers as a top factor in deciding which<br />
website to buy from, having the most competitive<br />
price won’t guarantee a sale. Having the right prod-<br />
uct mix is no longer suffcient to attract the new<br />
wave of consumers including<br />
Millennials, who are entirely focused on one<br />
transaction – theirs Consumers today are shopping<br />
all the time and everywhere; and in a truly global<br />
online marketplace, products can easily be<br />
purchased from retailers and manufacturers located<br />
Figure 8 Reasons consumers shop online instead<br />
anywhere in the world – or from those with no<br />
of in stores<br />
physical retail locations at all. Understanding what<br />
drives a consumer to buy online or offline, why do Source: KPMG, 2017<br />
they trust these website over others are critical for Price was a critical factor for customer on online<br />
e-Commerce players to formulate their best offer- shopping (Heim and Sinha, 2001). However, Li et<br />
ings as well as marketing strategies. What influence al. (1999) argued that often online shoppers were<br />
winning the online consumers in Vietnam? not price-sensitive, cause of these consumers’ price<br />
- Does the best price influence winning the comparisons among different e-retailers on each<br />
online consumers in Vietnam? product was time consuming and the price differ-<br />
ence was very small.<br />
- Does the website preference influence<br />
winning the online consumers in Vietnam?<br />
- Does the best delivery options/price influ-<br />
ence winning the online consumers in Vietnam?<br />
- Does the rich assortment influence winning<br />
the online consumers in Vietnam?<br />
- Does the product/service influence winning<br />
the online consumers in Vietnam?<br />
Literature Review<br />
This Chapter reviews literature that is relevant to<br />
the research conducted for this thesis. It explores Figure 9 Consumer Opinion: Where to buy<br />
the development and current status of the world Source: KPMG, 2017<br />
e-Commerce industry as well as that of China (a<br />
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Price and Delivery options are one of the most particularly in certain categories such as electron-<br />
important factors to drive consumers online ics. Having a website that consumers like and/or<br />
(KPMG, 2017). trust is also important, especially in Asia, where<br />
consumers said buying from a preferred website<br />
was more important than price (KPMG, 2017).<br />
According to many authors, an effective website<br />
design is critical to the success of electronic com-<br />
merce, and the functionality, usability, ease-of-nav-<br />
igation and interfaces of the websites themselves<br />
are vital building blocks for sustainable success<br />
(Constantinides, 2004; Yen et al., 2007; Lim et al.,<br />
2009, Colla and Lapoule, 2011)<br />
Figure 10 Consumer Behavior: Purchase Decision Best Delivery Options/ Price<br />
Source: KPMG, 2017 Price and Delivery options are one of the most<br />
Website Preference<br />
Consumers generally do not possess perfect<br />
information prior to purchase (Biswas and Biswas,<br />
2004) and thus can only indirectly assess the quali-<br />
ty of products offered on e-commerce sites via the<br />
latter’s web interface (Jiang and Benbasat, 2004).<br />
Conceivably, consumers’ purchase intentions are<br />
driven by the extent to which their positive feelings<br />
about e-commerce sites are induced by trustworthy<br />
signals that are costly to manipulate (Walther and Figure 11 Consumer Behavior: Purchase Decision<br />
Parks, 2002). Source: KPMG, 2017<br />
Park and Kim (2003; 17) stated that consumers' important factors to drive consumers online<br />
trust to a provider or supplier results with becoming (KPMG, 2017).<br />
committed to the company. Trust issue is exceeding Young generation are no longer satisfied to<br />
with a few successful transactions, after individuals place orders via mobile phones, they also hope to<br />
start feel safe and believe that this supplier answers receive goods more quickly. Instant gratification<br />
their needs and wants. On the other hand, provided has become a feature of this generation of users.<br />
information is another issue in terms of online Some research show that 63 percent of post-80s<br />
shopping for Park and Kim (2003;17). Since online and 90s are very interested in same-day delivery,<br />
shopping is an activity which related to a comput- even half of them are willing to pay premiums for<br />
er-system, individuals cannot touch or feel prod- it. Therefore, enterprises can provide instant servic-<br />
ucts. Therefore, their decisions based on the infor- es such as same-day delivery, online purchase and<br />
mation that provided by online retailer. Information offline pickup, etc., to keep pace with the consump-<br />
issue not only important in terms of availability tion habits of the young generation and improve<br />
situation, it is also important in convenience and user experience. Finally, in terms of aftersales<br />
personalization concept. Web site design, access to service, enterprises can simplify procedures and<br />
information, access time to information also influ- optimize service experience through a series of<br />
ence on behaviors of consumers. aftersales services provided directly on APP<br />
There is a positive relationship between including goods exchanging and purchase feed-<br />
consumers’ familiarity with an e-commerce site backs (Deloitte, 2017).<br />
and their trust in this site (Kim et al., 2008). As Last mile delivery is one of the paint paints of<br />
during the final product decision stage, price online shopping in China (Fung Business Intelli-<br />
remains as the most common consideration when gence, 2017)<br />
consumers are deciding where to buy (Figure 2.8),<br />
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Figure 12 Waiting for the online purchase is not Figure 14 Stated Market Consideration Factors<br />
always an exciting experience Source: Lazada, 2017<br />
Source: Fung Business Intelligence, 2017<br />
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Rich Assortment Product and Service<br />
Merchandising includes product-related charac- Many consumers who are deciding to buy<br />
teristics such as assortment, variety, and product in-store because they are concerned about prod-<br />
information (Jarvenpaa and Todd, 1997). Rich ucts/services and delivery time.<br />
product assortment can increase the probability that<br />
consumer-needs will be met and satisfied. The<br />
online shopping environment enables consumers to<br />
reduce their decision-making efforts by providing<br />
vast selection, information screening, reliability,<br />
and product comparison (Alba et al, 1997). The<br />
research conducted by Q&Me shown that Product<br />
variety is one of the reasons to shop online for Viet-<br />
namese (Q&Me, 2017).<br />
<br />
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Figure 15 Reasons Consumers<br />
Shop in Stores instead of Online<br />
Source: KPMG, 2017<br />
<br />
Price/promotions and product features drive<br />
most purchase decisions globally.<br />
<br />
Figure 13 Reasons to Shop Online<br />
Source: Q&Me, 2017<br />
<br />
<br />
Product detail, fast delivery, cash-on delivery,<br />
wide product range and product reviews are stated<br />
drivers to online shopping (Lazada, 2017).<br />
<br />
Figure 16 Consumer Behavior: Purchase Decision<br />
Source: KPMG, 2017<br />
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Research Methodology Data Collection<br />
Research Framework This research used interviews, questionnaires<br />
This research is mainly to test the relationship and documents provided by the organisation as part<br />
between the online consumers’ behavior and its of the data collection process during this study.<br />
influencing factors through measuring the percep- As most respondents are spread amongst Ho Chi<br />
tion of survey participants of statements related to Minh City, Hanoi and other provinces, question-<br />
factors. Therefore, Descriptive and Exploratory naire have been collected through Google Forms<br />
Research has been chosen as the most appropriate for collaboration. In general there were no prob-<br />
methodology for this study, as it is explanatory and lems encountered with this process.<br />
theory building research. Yin (1994) explains how<br />
The objectives of the research and questionnaire<br />
and why questions are explanatory. Such questions<br />
were stated clearly in the introduction to ensure the<br />
deal with operational links needing to be traced<br />
participants understood what was required of them.<br />
over time, rather than mere frequencies or<br />
incidence, which supports the research question. Data Analysis and Findings<br />
Multicollinearity<br />
The researcher identified five factors that might<br />
Table 1 shows the test of collinearity. The values<br />
have relationship with the online consumers’<br />
of the independent variables are in the range of<br />
behavior in Vietnam including technological<br />
1.435 and 3.894, which is much lower than 10.<br />
factors, consumer related factors, factors of pricing<br />
Therefore, multicollinearity issue does not exist.<br />
and factors of product/service.<br />
Independent Variable Tolerance VIF<br />
Best price<br />
Best Price .620 1.612<br />
Website preference Website Preference .498 2.007<br />
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Best delivery options/ price Winning the online<br />
Best Delivery options/price .415 2.407<br />
consumers in Vietnam<br />
Rich assortment Rich Assortment .522 1.917<br />
<br />
Product/ service Product and Service .428 2.335<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Figure 17 Attributes Winning Online Consumer Table 1 Test of Collinearity<br />
Theoretical Framework Factors Analysis Results on Key attributes on<br />
Research Hypotheses winning online consumers<br />
Based on the above discussion, hypotheses were Reliability test was conducted to test the reliabil-<br />
developed to predict the overall relationship ity of primary data before proceeding to factor<br />
between winning online consumers and some relat- analysis. Table below shows the Cronbach’s alpha<br />
ed factors. values for independent variables “Best price, Web-<br />
- H1: There is a relationship between best site Preference, Delivery options/price, Rich<br />
price and winning the online consumers in Vietnam assortment, Product and Service” and dependent<br />
- H2: There is a relationship between website variable “Winning the online shopping consum-<br />
preference and winning the online consumers in ers”. All the Cronbach’s alpha values are higher<br />
Vietnam than 0.6 (Malhotra, 2004), and it may be safely<br />
assumed that all the constructs are proven internal-<br />
- H3: There is a relationship between best ly consistent or reliable.<br />
delivery options/price and winning the online<br />
consumers in Vietnam Variables Alpha Items Conclusion<br />
Best price 0.734 5 Accepted<br />
- H4: There is a relationship between rich Website preference 0.725 5 Accepted<br />
Best delivery options/ price 0.752 5 Accepted<br />
assortment and winning the online consumers in Rich assortment 0.832 5 Accepted<br />
Product/ service 0.796 5 Accepted<br />
Vietnam Winning the online consumers in Vietnam 0.712 5 Accepted<br />
<br />
- H5: There is a relationship between<br />
product/service and winning the online consumers<br />
in Vietnam<br />
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Table 2 Cronbach’s alpha ed. P-value for Best Delivery Option/ Price, Rich<br />
Besides, as tested above, the Cronbach’s alpha Assortment, Products & Service are greater than<br />
value of “Best Price”, “Website Preference”, “Best the common alpha level of 0.05, which indicates<br />
Delivery Options/price”, “Rich Assortment”, that it is not statistically significant. Beta of Web-<br />
“Product and Service” are both above 0.6, which site Preference =0.154 which is mostly significant.<br />
means that they are accepted as factors of the<br />
framework. Therefore, construct validity test on<br />
Unstandardized Standardized<br />
lecturers’ development strategy indicates that these Model Coefficients Coefficients t Sig.<br />
five constructs are valid for further analysis. B Std. Error Beta<br />
(Constant) 1.861 .156 11.947 .000<br />
Hence, multiple linear regression analysis ensues Best price .151 .075 .141 2.029 .043<br />
to investigate the influence of these five constructs 1<br />
Website preference .205 .103 .154 1.989 .048<br />
Best delivery options/ price .144 .116 .142 2.123 .040<br />
on lecturer’s development strategy. Rich assortment .121 .131 .101 1.992 .398<br />
Product/ service .169 .121 .116 2.238 .045<br />
Multiple Linear Regression Between Win- a. Dependent Variable: DV5<br />
ning Online Shopping Consumers and Its<br />
Attributes Table 5 Coefficients<br />
In Table 4.11, the adjusted R-square of multiple P-value for Best price, Website preference, Best<br />
correlation coefficient (adjusted R2) value indi- delivery option/ Price, Products/ Service < 0.05 <br />
cates that 44%% of the variances associated with related<br />
Winning Online Shopping Consumers can be P-value for Rich assortment is greater than the<br />
explained from the 5 development characteristics. common alpha level of 0.05, which indicates that it<br />
Model R R Square Adjusted R Square Std. Error of the Estimate<br />
is not statistically significant.<br />
.664a 0.441 0.44 0.64271 Beta of Website preference = 0.154 mostly<br />
Predictors: (Constant), Best price, Website preference, Delivery options/ price, Rich<br />
assortment, Products/ Service significant<br />
Summary of Hypotheses<br />
Table 3 Model Summary Through results from data analysis, the five<br />
The output of the ANOVA analysis shows that hypotheses of this research are proved to be<br />
there is a statistically significant difference supported. Hypotheses findings are summarized as<br />
between the factors. We can see that the signifi- followed:<br />
cance level is 0.000 (p = .000), which is below<br />
No. Hypothesis Results<br />
0.05. and, therefore, there is a statistically signifi- 1 There is a relationship between best price and winning the online Supported<br />
cant difference among the factors analyzed. 2<br />
consumers in Vietnam<br />
There is a relationship between website preference and winning the Supported<br />
online consumers in Vietnam<br />
3 There is a relationship between best delivery options/price and Supported<br />
Model Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.<br />
winning the online consumers in Vietnam<br />
Regression Regression 10.907 5 2.181 5.281 4 There is a relationship between rich assortment and winning the Supported<br />
1 Residual Residual 126.813 307 .413 online consumers in Vietnam<br />
Total Total 137.720 312 5 There is a relationship between product/service and winning the Supported<br />
online consumers in Vietnam<br />
a. Predictors: (Constant), Best Price, Website Preference, Best Delivery Options/Price, Rich<br />
Assortment, Product and Service<br />
b. Dependent Variable: Winning Online Shopping Consumers<br />
<br />
Table 6 Hypothesis Summary<br />
Conclusions<br />
Table 4 ANOVA The overall conclusion was that the five identi-<br />
Model 1 in Table 13 shows the coefficients for fied attributes can be parts of the Startups, Enter-<br />
the five predictors’ variables with Winning Online prises strategies on growing eCommerce in Viet-<br />
Shopping Consumers as base level. The significant nam. From this framework, policy makers,<br />
value of constant (p < 0.05) indicates that there is researchers and enterprises can cooperate to devel-<br />
relationship between Winning Online Shopping op a better environment for eCommerce market to<br />
Consumers and its components. P-value for Best grow. Implication of the quantitative and qualita-<br />
Price & Website Preference < 0.05 which are relat- tive theory and practice emanating from the find-<br />
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ings were discussed in depth and implications online shopping offers better variety than tradition-<br />
involving policy were speculated upon based on a al stores.<br />
review of the literature. This research has contribut- - The fact that online consumers rely on pictures,<br />
ed to the body of knowledge by providing a theoret- images, description of the website/platform to<br />
ical framework for proving the relationship purchase products. People also believe that detailed<br />
between winning online consumers in Vietnam and description and information availability to every<br />
its possible attributes. product is important when shopping online.<br />
The study also raised questions requiring further - Vietnamese consumers love shopping online<br />
research that is theoretical and practical interest. and they believe that that online shopping trend is<br />
Improving and boosting eCommerce in Vietnam given and will be taking over a big part of tradition-<br />
will continue challenge the enterprises, governors, al shopping. The biggest concerns are security and<br />
managers and researchers. Therefore, this is a topic trust over the websites.<br />
that will continue to have and require continuous<br />
Product price and website preference are the<br />
research.<br />
most factors over winning online consumers in<br />
Findings Vietnamese in which trust over e-tailers, website<br />
Statistics and results from the analysis reveal appearance, website user-friendliness, the ability<br />
many things about the five factors that have influ- for customers to interact with platforms, terms and<br />
enced on winning the online consumers in Vietnam. conditions of the platforms over online purchase<br />
- Product categories that customers frequently transactions are all critical to win online consumers<br />
purchase online are household/appliances, elec- from one platform over another, from traditional<br />
tronics, clothing, cosmetics, toys and books. shopping over online shopping.<br />
<br />
- Vietnamese people have had the tendency There are three specific objectives in this<br />
purchasing online. research. Two of them have been addressed after<br />
this analysis.<br />
- Many people agree that price is important for<br />
them to decide buying online and they will prefer - Objective number one: find out consumers<br />
online shopping only if online prices are lower than perceptions over e-Commerce, Online Shopping<br />
offline prices. and their belief on the future of e-Commerce indus-<br />
try in Vietnam. The research results have shown<br />
- However, price is not enough to convert people<br />
quite clearly that e-Commerce in Vietnam is booming<br />
from offline to online. Many people also agree that<br />
and evolving. The rapid growth of the internet and<br />
they must trust an e-retailer before making a<br />
mobile usage has been helping e-Commerce to be<br />
purchase and the ease and user-friendliness of the<br />
established as a new shopping channel rapidly.<br />
website will win consumers from one website over<br />
Though Vietnamese online consumers have some<br />
another.<br />
concerns over online shopping, the answer to the<br />
- Most of the survey participants also agree that question whether online consumers believe in e-Com-<br />
one of the conveniences of online shopping is home merce growth and future in Vietnam is “Yes”. They<br />
delivery which is important for consumers. Along continue purchasing online. The average revenue per<br />
with this, order tracking visibility, delivery speed user continues increasing from US dollar 55 in 2016 to<br />
and shipping fee are important for consumers and US dollar 70.18 currently.<br />
impact consumer experience. - Objective number two: find out five attributes of<br />
- Many people believe that large selection of winning online consumers in Vietnam have been iden-<br />
products is also important for consumers to decide tified including: best price, website preference, best<br />
purchasing online. However, it does not mean that delivery options/price, rich assortment and product<br />
and service. Of which, “website preference” is the<br />
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most critical, even over “Best price” while “Rich tions and do not specify to a particular e-business<br />
assortment” can give negative impact. Having trusted and may not necessarily be applicable to a particu-<br />
website will always be important. Competitive pricing lar e-business. Therefore, the future research can be<br />
is expected to rise in the importance during the selec- done by product group.<br />
tion what website to purchase. Price and promotions<br />
Practical implications<br />
most likely influence consumers’ decision on what<br />
product or brand to buy online. Advances in technolo- Attributes identified by this study could help<br />
gy, data technology, logistics, payment methods, E-commerce Start-ups, International E-commerce<br />
consumer demand for convenience and trust are entering Vietnamese online market to better form<br />
their online e-marketing strategies in terms of<br />
much higher than before. Price is important for online<br />
consumers. However, price does not guarantee sales. geography areas, customer preference to attract<br />
Shopping experience, keeping pace with consumers’ Vietnamese consumers online first, then choose<br />
preferences today and tomorrow are important with their website over others.<br />
all enterprises, especially e-Commerce enterprises Recommendations<br />
to attract and win online consumers. Beyond quick Human resource development for e-Commerce<br />
and good customer service, the right content strate-<br />
Vietnam is thirsty for e-Commerce talents.<br />
gy is also critical. The research results have shown<br />
According to Vietnamworks.com (ranked in the<br />
e-Commerce Startups, new entrance, and even<br />
171thplace among the most visited websites in<br />
growing e-Commerce platforms that to win, they<br />
Vietnam15), the labour demand of the internet/<br />
need to transform and build a customer-centric and<br />
online media category has dramatically increased<br />
virtually borderless operating model. The facts are<br />
in recent years. The vacancies related to e-com-<br />
online consumers easily move back and forth<br />
merce including internet/ online media staffs hold<br />
between online and offline, from one website to<br />
9% of the total advertised vacancies on this web-<br />
another website to check prices before deciding the<br />
site. Up to September 2015, Vietnam had more than<br />
online purchase, having the efficient supply chain,<br />
513,000 enterprises with more than 12.8 million<br />
the lean and agile last mile operations will be<br />
labours. According to Vecita’s 2015 survey,<br />
important for e-Commerce enterprises. Younger<br />
approximately 45% of enterprises had websites on<br />
generation are increasingly comfortable with<br />
which information was periodically updated. The<br />
buying products online without seeing them first.<br />
number of enterprises having websites was around<br />
However, they also have much higher demand for<br />
200,000. If each enterprise is estimated to have one<br />
quick delivery, low shipping fee or even free ship-<br />
e-Commerce specialized staff that may be a techni-<br />
ping. Companies will need to innovate in order to<br />
cal, online sale, marketing, staff, delivery or human<br />
have shorter delivery time, lowest last mile cost in<br />
resource management staff; or manager…, the total<br />
order to satisfy demanding consumer expectations<br />
e-commerce specialized staffs could reach at least<br />
if they would like to win online consumers. The<br />
200,000 (Vecita, 2017). Availability of well-trained<br />
research results have met the research objectives,<br />
resource will be critical to boosting the growth of<br />
helping companies to understand that providing<br />
Vietnam e-Commerce as well as facilitating<br />
positive and unique shopping experience is one of<br />
employment goals. Hence adequate steps should be<br />
the most critical motivators to win.<br />
taken by government to ensure availability of quali-<br />
- The final objective will be addressed in the ty resource for e-Commerce. Colleges, Universities<br />
recommendation. and Vocational School should be encouraged to<br />
Research limitations formulate a Training Programme, Materials, Meth-<br />
The research was done based on general condi- ods, source of qualify lecturers for e-Commerce.<br />
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Enhance Consumer Trust Toward E-Com- tion in the multi-channel environment, and large<br />
merce numbers of customers spend 90 percent time to<br />
One of the key factors to grow e-Commerce browse products for a comprehensive research<br />
share in Vietnam is to improve consumers’ trust- before purchasing. Big data can be explored in<br />
worthiness toward e-Commerce. This require the order to facilitate the last-mile service to achieve<br />
effort from both enterprises and government. rapid delivery. With the popularity of digital<br />
E-tailers can pay attention to building their reputa- channels and mobile terminals, retail enterprises<br />
tion, invest more on online or offline advertise- must deepen the layout of multiple touch points<br />
ments, pay attention to the reviews generated by and channels, to realize interactive, personalized<br />
consumers, which spread fast in the online environ- and socialized marketing which need a lot of<br />
ment. E-tailers also need to invest into information innovations from data technology.<br />
quality and security protections for consumers. Innovative Business Model to Improve Efficiency<br />
Information quality here refers to ensure the accu- Consumers shop online to save money. poor<br />
racy, completeness, and updates of the product<br />
logistics infrastructure and last mile networks, poor<br />
information on their websites (the products display<br />
reverse logistics, Cash on Delivery, lack of an<br />
style, virtual design of the website, and photograph<br />
processing…). E-tailers can select trusted and repu- effective online payment mechanism, ineffective<br />
table payment tools, invest into data protection administration and legislation leads to higher costs.<br />
which can help improve the security protection for In addition, omni-channel construction, coopera-<br />
consumers. tion amongst leading enterprises are potential solu-<br />
Enhance online shopping experience through tions toward last mile bottlenecks, facilitate the<br />
data technological innovations optimization and upgrade of the whole supply<br />
More and more innovative technologies should chain. From the enterprise perspective, investments<br />
be applied in order to enhance customer experi- into own delivery and payment capabilities can be<br />
ence, e.g. integrate virtual information into the real considered in order to meet the growing demand as<br />
world to generate more comprehensive experience well as improve the efficiency, raising customer<br />
through integration of virtual information and reali-<br />
experience into e-Commerce. From policy maker<br />
ty. According to Deloitte’s 2015 Global Mobile<br />
perspective, legislation for e-Commerce should be<br />
Consumer Survey, China Edition, almost all<br />
awakened mobile consumers across the world put in place so that enterprises are more confident<br />
check their phones at least once in three hours, into investing and pushing the industry growth.<br />
while in emerging markets 93 percent awakened Logistics infrastructure such as freighters between<br />
consumers check their phones in one hour or Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi, road conditions, port<br />
less, and people in the Asia Pacific region are condition…need improvement to bring down total<br />
most addictive to smartphone. Socialized online logistics cost.<br />
shopping is a critical trend drive users’ final<br />
Cross border e-Commerce<br />
purchase if enterprises can integrate functions<br />
such as socializing, payment and shopping. Con- Retail sales of import e-commerce still account-<br />
sumers can know product information more ed for a relatively small proportion in the online<br />
quickly through various devices (e.g. retail market in Vietnam. There is a huge potential<br />
cell-phones, tablets, PCs) and Internet platforms for the development of import e-commerce retail<br />
(e.g. search engines). Consumers continue to business given the trends. This need the support<br />
spend more time on obtaining product informa- from government in terms of policies, tax tariff,<br />
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great financial pressure to local enterprises in order<br />
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PROMOTION OF PHARMACEUTICAL E-TENDER IN<br />
PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN VIETNAM<br />
XÚC TIẾN ĐẤU THẦU DƯỢC PHẨM ĐIỆN TỬ<br />
TẠI BỆNH VIỆN CÔNG Ở VIỆT NAM<br />
PHAN VAN DINH *<br />
NGUYEN THI LE VAN AND NGUYEN DUC BAO LONG **<br />
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Tóm tắt<br />
Một số cơ quan khu vực công trên toàn thế giới đã xác định Mua sắm điện tử (e-Procurement) như là<br />
một chương trình nghị sự điện tử ưu tiên và đã thực hiện hoặc đang trong quá trình triển khai các hệ<br />
thống Mua sắm điện tử bên mua. Đấu thầu điện tử phải dành cho các sản phẩm dược phẩm cung cấp cho<br />
các bệnh viện ở Việt Nam vì nó giúp cắt giảm chi phí, tiết kiệm thời gian cho việc mua sắm cũng như<br />
nguồn nhân lực cho các hoạt động mua sắm. Hiện tại, đấu thầu được sử dụng phổ biến nhất là đấu thầu<br />
giấy, trong đó có nhiều vấn đề về lãng phí thời gian và thiếu tính minh bạch,... Đấu thầu điện tử là một<br />
thuật ngữ khá mới ở Việt Nam và chỉ được sử dụng ở các thành phố lớn của Việt Nam như thành phố Hồ<br />
Chí Minh, Hà Nội hoặc Đà Nẵng. Để thúc đẩy việc áp dụng đấu thầu điện tử trong ngành dược ở các tỉnh<br />
khác của Việt Nam, còn cần nghiên cứu kỹ về tiềm năng ứng dụng và các yếu tố ảnh hưởng của nó. Các<br />
mục tiêu tổng thể chính của bài báo này chỉ để thăm dò về các vấn đề mua sắm điện tử trong khu vực<br />
công; nhằm mục đích phát triển một khuôn khổ khái niệm hỗ trợ trong việc xác định các yếu tố thành công<br />
quan trọng cho việc áp dụng và thực hiện mua sắm điện tử trong khu vực công; và kích thích cuộc tranh<br />
luận về các CSF mua sắm điện tử và các biện pháp liên quan để thành công. Qua khảo sát và xem xét tài<br />
liệu, nghiên cứu này đã xác định được mối quan hệ giữa việc thúc đẩy đấu thầu dược phẩm ở Tây Bắc<br />
Việt Nam với các yếu tố bao gồm minh bạch, cạnh tranh, bình đẳng, đấu thầu và tham gia quốc tế.<br />
Từ khóa: Đấu thầu điện tử, đấu thầu điện tử dược phẩm trong bệnh viện công tại Việt Nam.<br />
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Summary<br />
A number of public sector agencies worldwide have identified Electronic Procurement (e-Procure-<br />
ment) as a priority e-Government agenda and have implemented or are in the process of implementing<br />
buy-side e-Procurement systems. E-tender is must have for pharmaceutical products supply for hospitals<br />
in Vietnam as it helps cut the cost, save time for procurement as well as human resources for procurement<br />
activities. At the moment, the most commonly style tender is paper in tender which contains itself many<br />
problems about wasting of time, lack of transparency etc. E-tender is a quite new term in Vietnam and it<br />
is used only in big cities of Vietnam such as Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi or Da Nang. To promote the appli-<br />
cation of e-tender in pharmaceutical industry in other provinces of Vietnam, it is necessary to have a thor-<br />
ough research on its potential of application and influencing factors. The main overall objectives of the<br />
paper are to gain an exploratory understanding of e-Procurement issues in the public sector; to develop<br />
a conceptual framework that aids in identification of critical success factors for adopting and implement-<br />
ing e-Procurement in the public sector; and to stimulate debate about the e-Procurement CSFs and the<br />
associated measures for success. Through a survey and the literature review, this research identify the<br />
relationships between the promoting of pharmaceutical e-tender in the North West of Vietnam with factors<br />
including transparency, competitiveness, equality, tender fee and international participation<br />
Keywords: Pharmaceutical E-Tender, E-Tender, Pharmaceutical E-Tender in Public Hospital in<br />
Vietnam.<br />
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* Ali Limited, Ha Noi, Vietnam<br />
** Dong Do University, Vietnam<br />
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Introduction China and India are two biggest exporters of<br />
In people’s health care and protection in general pharmaceutical materials into Vietnam, accounting<br />
and the implementation of health insurance policies for 25% and 21% respectively in 2008. As Viet-<br />
in particular in Vietnam, medicines play a very namese companies at present are mainly producing<br />
important role. Like many developing countries, common drugs, they are using many types of cheap<br />
the costs of medicines in Vietnam take over a major pharmaceutical materials imported from the two<br />
proportion of total medical costs. According to the countries.<br />
National Health Accounts 2008, the amount spent The pharmaceutical industry gets access to<br />
on drugs has nearly doubled from 2000 to 2007, consumers through treatment distribution system<br />
accounting for about 40% of total medical costs and commercial distribution network.<br />
society.<br />
Treatment distribution network. The treatment<br />
Statistics of the Vietnam Social Insurance recently network includes hospitals and other treatment<br />
showed medicine costs are a high proportion units of different levels. The total number of medi-<br />
(60-70%) of total health care costs health insurance. cal examination and treatment units in Vietnam in<br />
Drug market in Vietnam is very diverse and rich 2007 was 13,438. Almost all pharmaceutical com-<br />
in both quantity and quality. In 2009, out of 22,615 panies wish to promote this distribution channel<br />
drug registration numbers which were valid, there because of its large consumption quantity.<br />
were 10,692 and 11,923 domestic pharmaceutical The biggest consumption channel of medicine in<br />
drugs imported from abroad. Domestic production Vietnam for treatment products is public hospitals.<br />
value increased from U.S. $ 111.4 million in 1996 Pharmaceutical products are provided to hospital<br />
to U.S. $ 919 million in 2010. Drug products through tender. Additionally, selling through hospi-<br />
produced in the country was increasingly high tals occupies a high amount of working capital of<br />
proportion of the total value of drug consumption, pharmaceutical companies because hospitals<br />
up from 26% in 1996 to over 48% in 2010. normally settle payment at the end of the year.<br />
Drugs are increasingly produced in the country Commercial distribution network. The commer-<br />
to meet the treatment needs, in 1996, drug produc- cial network includes branches, agents, distributors<br />
tion in the country only has about 3,400 drug names and drugstores. At present, domestic pharmaceuti-<br />
with less than 200 active, but now there are about cal companies are trying their best to promote the<br />
500 active substances of 1,500 active ingredients in commercial distribution channel in order to reduce<br />
the drug is registered domestic proportion. the dependence on the treatment distribution<br />
The supply of medicines to hospitals must be network which is facing intense competition. This<br />
through bidd