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How do you compete with Chinese e-commerce giants? A Vietnamese company is deploying housewives

Vietnam’s e-commerce platform Sendo, once seen as a homegrown rival to deep-pocketed foreign competitors, shut down its core marketplace on April 15. While Sendo’s closure stemmed from the dominance of...

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Nguyen Lan Huong, 30, receives groceries from a Sendo Farm motorbike delivery rider on May 3, 2025, in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Linh Pham for Rest of World)
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