Tax revenue from e-commerce reaches nearly $9.4 bln

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By the end of 2025, e-commerce sales are estimated to reach approximately $37 billion, making Vietnam the country with the second-fastest e-commerce growth r...

At a National Assembly question-and-answer session on November 12, Minister of Finance Ngo Van Tuan stated that Vietnam's e-commerce sector has recorded average annual growth of around 20% since 2022, according to the Government's online newspaper (chinhphu.vn).

By the end of 2025, e-commerce sales are estimated to reach approximately $37 billion, making Vietnam the country with the second-fastest e-commerce growth rate in Southeast Asia.

Along with market expansion, tax revenue from e-commerce services has also grown rapidly. By the end of the first ten months of 2026, tax collections reached VND241 trillion (approximately $9.38 billion), an increase of approximately 42% year-on-year.

According to the minister, effective management of online business activities requires strict oversight of online sellers, KOLs, KOCs, e-commerce platforms, and supporting service providers such as payment companies, logistics firms, and delivery drivers.

Currently, the tax authority manages more than 140,000 businesses and over one million household and individual online business operators. The key strategy is to identify business entities, collect data, and ensure that transactions conducted in the digital environment are properly monitored.

The Ministry of Finance has implemented a tax withholding and remittance mechanism, requiring e-commerce platforms and service providers to deduct taxes at the source. To date, 96 banks offering electronic payment services and 105 logistics providers have been connected to the national database system.

Mr. Tuan emphasized that that integration helps business operators avoid submitting the same information multiple times. They only need to declare information once and update it when changes occur. If an e-commerce platform has already paid taxes on behalf of a seller, the seller is not required to pay those taxes again.

Authorities are also monitoring data and tracing payment transactions through e-wallets and bank accounts linked to verified…

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