A. INSTRUCTION FOR USERS

The Vietnam Export Portal VNEX (www.vnex.com.vn) can operate smoothly on both IE and Firefox browsers.

Main content of VNEX

▪ VNEX can be referred to as the business directory website which provides business information including full name, address, telephone, email, business sector. All information presented is entirely in English and regularly updated.
▪ In addition, VNEX also provides introductory information about the most common potentials and preferential investment policies of Vietnam as well as other additional incentive regulations applied in provinces and cities of Vietnam for foreign investors to easily access to before making decision to penetrate into those markets.

How to search for Vietnam businesses?

▪ Access www.vnex.com.vn

Select "Business Directory"

▪ Click on the combo box "All Business" to search for businesses classified by business sector

(or select the combo box  "All Province" to search for businesses in provinces of Vietnam). Click on the company‘s name to access to further information about a business.

▪ You can also search for information classified by company name or business field and sector in detail through the toolbar "Search".

How to search for general information about Vietnam?

▪ On the menu bar, select "Vietnam"

▪ Select "Land and people" to learn about Vietnam’s history, culture, tourist information etc…

▪ Select "Provinces and Cities" to search for information about the provinces of Vietnam with the following contents: information about the provinces and potential investment opportunities, investment incentive policies, information on tourism - hotels, industrial parks, business contacts in each province.

▪ Select "Political system" to learn about the political system and organization of Vietnam.

▪ Select "Laws" to learn about the legal system of Vietnam.

Other useful information

▪ On the menu bar, select "World" to learn about relations and co-operations between Vietnam and other countries in the world.
▪ On the menu bar, select "Useful Information" to learn about the Vietnam representative offices abroad and international representative organizations and offices in Vietnam, information about consulting law firms, banks, legal procedures for obtaining an entry visa into Vietnam, foreign currency exchange rates.
 

B. INSTRUCTION FOR THE VIETNAM TRADE OFFICES ABROAD/ORGANISATIONS AND DEPARTMENTS OF INDUSTRY & TRADE

I. LOGIN AND CHANGE OF PASSWORD

To log in

▪  Access to the website: http://vnex.com.vn/ControlPanel/cpanel.aspx

and log in with your username and password which you have been provided to by Administrators.

To exit 
▪ Select "Log out"

To change password

Click "Change password", enter the existing password in "Old password", continue to type new desired password in the menu "New password" and re-confirm your new password in "Re-new password”, then press "Change" to have a new password.

II. NEWS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

1. To post a new article

• Step 1: Select "Articles".
• Step 2: Click "Register" to create a new news article
• Step 3: Enter the title information (required).
• Step 4: Attach illustrative picture (if any). Click "Browser" and select the corresponding picture.
• Step 5: Enter a brief message (required).
• Step 6:
+ Enter information content: (information input can be processed directly from keyboard, or pasted on from the Word program).
+ Select Arial font with size 13.
• Step 7: Sort out news by country.
• Step 8: Click "Add" to complete an article adding process.
• Note: to add with a photo or file:
• To post a photo:
On the toolbar, select "Image manage", then "Upload file" and select the corresponding picture.
+ Click "Insert" to complete post with photos.
• To attach a file:
On the toolbar, select "Manage Document", then "Upload file" and select the corresponding file.
+ Type name representing the document on the menu "Tooltip".
+ Click "Insert" to complete.

2. To edit a news or article

• Select "Articles", click on headlines or the icon "Edit record" then edit the information in need for a change.
• Click "Update" to save changes.

3. To delete a posted news or article

• Select "Articles"
• Click the icon "Delete" to delete the corresponding articles

III. BUSINESS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

1. To post new information

• Step 1: Select "Companies".
• Step 2: Select "New".
• Step 3: Fill in all the information required.
• Step 4: Click "add" to complete posting a new piece of information.

2. To edit a piece of information

• Select "Companies".
• Click the business name or the icon "Edit record".
• Edit the information.
• Click "Update" to save changes.

3. To delete information

Click "Delete" to delete corresponding business information 

IV. PROVINCIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

 
• Step 1: Select "Province Info”.
• Step 2: Click on the corresponding items in "General" to edit general information, in "Potential" to edit the information of provincial potentiality and to call for investment, or in "Investment" to edit the policy on investment incentives, in "Travel and Hotel" to change travel information, in "Industry zone" to edit information about the industrial zones.
• Step 3: Click “Update” to save changes.

To attach photos and files: 
This can be processed in the similar way as attaching a photo or a file when posting new information.

V. NATIONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

• Step 1: Select the menu "Foreign".
• Step 2: Select the corresponding country /territory, or click on "Edit record" to edit or add new information.
• Step 3: Enter content then click “Update” to save the information.
 
C. OTHER SUPPORTIVE TOOLS

Some other supportive software used for the exploitation and management of information include:

1. To directly convert Fonts: Fontconvert
 
2. To receive guidance on how to convert Font by Unikey: Changing font
 
3. Software to open zipped files and to compress files: Winzar
 
4. Software to read PDF files: Foxit Reader 2.0