In Focus

For the purpose of promoting harmonisation, standardisation and conformity assessment of digital trade in ASEAN, the Digital Trade Standards and Conformance Working Group (DTSCWG) was established under The ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards and Quality (ACCSQ) in …. As approved in TOR, DTSCWG shall:

- Exchange information on standards, regulations, procedures, policies, best practices, technical requirements, and governance related to e-commerce/digital trade and its relevant supporting services/business activities in Member States;

- Identify areas for harmonisation of standards, regulations, technical requirements, procedures, and best practices, develop and monitor sectoral MRA;

- Identify the technical infrastructure needs on standards, conformity assessment, technical regulation to support initiatives in e-commerce / digital trade;...

- To promote awareness and adoption of harmonised technical requirements/standards within Member States where applicable.

- Identify technical assistance and capacity building needed to support the initiatives in e-commerce / digital trade; and

- Engage relevant regulatory institutions, private sector organisations, ASEAN sectoral bodies and other relevant organisations to review trade related implementation issues and explore collaborative initiatives in the harmonisation, standardisation and conformity assessment of the digital trade.

This Toolkit is developed under the DTSCWG’s Work Programme in order to give the guidance for ASEAN Member States to enhance the communication and sharing about standards and conformity assessment in ASEAN to industry and businesses with a special focus on MSMEs.
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Information Dissemination Process
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1. Account
Each AMS and ASEC will be assigned an account to upload information on this Toolkit

2. Policies and Regulations
Each AMS and ASEC will be assigned an account to upload information on this Toolkit
With seperated accounts, AMS can actively upload Country’s policies and regulations which will be displayed in the Homepage
In case, the uploaded files are in non-English version, summaries/briefs in English are required to be attached.

3. News and Publications
The publishing of News and Publications should be followed the approval process as below:
Step 1: AMS upload News and Publication for approval with their respective accounts
Step 2: An automatic email notification will be sent to other AMSs and ASEAN Secretariat (email of focal points)
Step 3: AMSs send out comments through the Portal for modification and restart the approval procedure
In the meanwhile, without comments received within 5 days, the News and Publications will be automatically approved and displayed in the Homepage.

Process

News and Publications

Viet Nam's e-commerce market exceeds $25 billion

Many businesses have achieved remarkable growth by leveraging e-commerce platforms, while cross-border retail sales have surged with increasing participation from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Viet Nam issues Law on e-commerce

The Law on e-commerce was approved at the on-going session of the 15th National Assembly which took place in Ha Noi on December 10.

ASEAN Roadmap on Digital Trade Standards

Digital transformation is a key priority for ASEAN as the innovation and adoption of technologies facilitate and catalyse economic development and integration across the region and beyond.