The Ministry of Commerce announced on September 5 that it issued e-commerce guidelines for all businesses selling trade and services through the Internet, including online shopping. It is said that the terms are set to cover e-commerce in all the production and sales chain of goods, including online sales.
It is said that all online service users must comply. The guidelines for e-commerce businesses of the Ministry of Commerce stated in the guidelines for e-commerce businesses, which are the initial steps to be followed while they are not yet enforced as a law.
The guidelines for e-commerce businesses are the basic rules to be followed in disputes between buyers and sellers of goods and services.
The current guidelines for e-commerce businesses are the first to be published in Myanmar, and all online shop registration businesses that will be published soon will have to follow them.
Those rules will be prepared by the Ministry of Commerce as appropriate. Also, online sales, and businesses selling services and products can read the e-commerce guidelines on the Ministry of Commerce’s website www.commerce.gov.mm.
Further strictures; It also said that there will be action on fraudulent sales and fraudulent purchases; payment systems for businesses selling online; advertising guidelines; and copyright violations; He said that rules for all trade methods, including consumer protection rules, have been published. A resident of Yangon, who sells online, said that online shopping is likely to be tightened.