Re: [vnit] Asian and Pacific Countries to Consider Regional Policy on E-Commerce

Good Evening,

>By 2005, one dollar in every five spent in online purchases will be Asian.

In other words: 20% of all online purchases in the US (and SIN) are
supposed to be from Asian countries. Nice number for the Dollar. How is it
about the Dong?

You may quote me later on this prediction:
"By 2005, at least nine of ten Dong spent in online purchases will be
Vietnamese."

However, I would consider it as a big "progress" if one Dong of every
thousand spent in all kinds of purchases would be spent online. Right now I
doubt that very much.

Stefan

At 16:30 05.11.2002 +0700, Vern Weitzel wrote:
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>Media Alert
>Note to editor: N/20/2002
>5 November 2002
>
>Asian and Pacific Countries to Consider Regional Policy on E-Commerce
>
>By 2005, one dollar in every five spent in online purchases will be Asian.
>
>BANGKOK (United Nations Information Services) - As people in Asia and the
>Pacific region spend more time and money online, questions are being raised
>about whether a need exists for a region-wide plan of action to coordinate
>development of e-commerce.
>
>As a result, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
>the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and
>Development (UNCTAD), in close collaboration with the Royal Thai
>Government, are jointly organizing a regional conference to explore the
>option of a coordinated strategy in dealing with the rapid growth of
>electronic commerce.
>
>Ministers and senior officials as well as all stakeholders of the
>e-commerce policy-making process, from both the public and private sectors
>will be among the more than 150 delegates expected to attend the
>UNCTAD-UNESCAP Asia-Pacific Regional Conference: E-Commerce Strategies for
>Development, at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, from 20
>-22 November 2002.
>
>The three-day conference will examine various policy options for the
>development of e-commerce in the Asia and Pacific region. Based on best
>practices, it will identify key elements of national and regional
>e-strategies.
>
>On 22 November, Government Ministers and Deputies from various countries of
>the region will be take part in a High-level round-table debate on
>e-commerce strategies for development in the Asia-Pacific region, with a
>keynote address by Thailand's Prime Minister, H.E. Thaksin Shinawatra.
>
>The conference is expected to adopt a Declaration on Electronic Commerce
>for Development, expressing the political will of governments to promote
>e-commerce as an instrument of development in the region.
>
>NOTE TO EDITORS
>
>You or your representative are cordially invited to attend a Press
>Conference on the upcoming conference be held jointly by H.E. Dr. Surapong
>Suebwonglee, Minister of the Ministry of Information, Communication and
>Technology (ICT), Royal Thai Government and Mr. Nibhon Debavalya, Chief,
>UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division, at 2:30 pm on Thursday, 7 November
>2002 in the Theatre, Ground Floor, United Nations Conference Centre,
>Rajadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok.
>
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