E-commerce platforms line up to fill Facebook’s bootsOnline businesses may turn to other platforms to do business after Facebook blocked API, affecting many Vietnamese retailers using it as a trading platform. Facebook's blocking of API has forced online businesses to consider alternativesFacebook remains a large business channel for many Vietnamese young people. However, Facebook’s blocking the API to limit the data collected from users caused difficulties for a large number of online businesses in recent days. Along with Facebook, many businesses also use other social networks and e-commerce applications for trading, such as Zalo and Lazada. Khanh also opened an online shoe shop to reach new customers, besides using Facebook to keep the old ones.

Source: VietNamNet News April 03, 2018 08:03 UTC