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Australia has maintained a government procurement target of sourcing at least 10% of purchases by value from SMEs. In addition, for major procurement of information and communication technology (ICT) products and services with an expected contract value of AUD 20 million or more, government agencies must ensure that tenders meet the minimum SME participation levels set at 10% of contract value for hardware, and 20% of contract value for software/services.

Starting with the Australian Government Procurement Statement in July 2009, the Federal Labor Government enacted a series of measures designed to enhance Australian industry participation in Australian Government procurement. The Statement strengthened the Australian Industry Participation framework by requiring participants in large Commonwealth tenders (generally AUD 20 million (approx. 17.8 million USD) or more) and infrastructure projects to prepare and implement Australian Industry Participation (AIP) Plans. The policy requires tenderers for government work to specify the use of Australian suppliers in every bid and to disclose the suppliers they work with. Additional support was provided in the May 2011 Budget to fund greater advocacy for local suppliers under the Buy Australian at Home and Abroad package. The Labor Government's Plan for Australian Jobs, issued in February 2013, further extended the requirements for AIP Plans to all major projects with a capital expenditure of AUD 500 million (approx. 344 million USD) or more.

Australia's Goods and Services Tax (GST) levy was extended to foreign digital services in July 2017. The new law applies very broadly to sales of anything except goods or real property imported by Australian consumers. The registration turnover threshold is AUD 75,000 (approx. 59,000 USD) or more per month.

Additionally, since July 2018, Australia levies the GST rate on sales of low value goods to its consumers by non-resident e-Commerce companies. This applies to goods of a value of AUD 1000 or less and which have been imported to Australia and sold to consumers. The existing processes to collect GST on imports above $1000 at the border are unchanged.

Final duties: Indonesia: 8.7%; Chinese Taipei: individual duties range from 15.2-37.2%, for all other exporters the duty is 37.2%; Vietnam: 3.8%; Thailand: individual duties range from 3.6%-39.1%, for all other exporters the duty is 39.1%

Decree No.72 of 2013 requires that foreign entities that provide online gaming services to users in Vietnam must establish a local enterprise in accordance with the Decree and the foreign investment regulations of Vietnam (Art. 31).

According to Decree 90 of 2008, advertising service providers that use email advertisements and internet based text messages are required to send emails from a Vietnamese domain name (“.vn”) website which is operated from a server located in Vietnam.

According to Vietnam's de minimis rule goods with a value of up to 27 SDR/ 1,000,000 VND/ 40 USD are exempted from taxes and duties collected by customs.

According to a statement by the State Bank of Vietnam, cryptocurrencies are not a "lawful means of payment" in the country, and the "issuance, supply, use of bitcoin and other similar virtual currency as a means of payment is prohibited."
From January 2018, the illegal use of cryptocurrencies in payments will be subject to penalties of between 150 million Vietnamese dong (VND) (USD 6,600) and 200 million VDN (USD 8,800).

The US Trade Representative (USTR) reports that Vietnam has imposed discriminatory measures in order to promote the development of a local electronic payments industry in recent years. In April 2016, two Vietnamese payment processing networks were consolidated into a de facto monopoly: the National Payments Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS), that is majority owned by the State Bank of Vietnam. In June 2016, the Vietnamese Government issued Circular 19/2016/TT-NHNN, mandating that all credit and debit transactions be processed through NAPAS starting in 2018. It is reported that processing all transactions through this national switch could impede the security, speed and reliability of the transactions, as well as substantially hinder the competitiveness of foreign payment suppliers.

Existing reports argue that the online payment framework in Vietnam is creating a restriction for e-commerce. Companies report that they have to work individually with each bank and cooperate with middle men for an online payment service to work and a lack of a proper payment and settlement system makes using credit and debit cards difficult.

There are also reports stating that bitcoins are prohibited.

Decree 52 of 2013 establishes requirements for owners of e-commerce websites offering online payment functions and providers of intermediary services for online payments. The decree sets out their responsibility to ensure the safety and security of customers' payment transactions.

Decree No.157 of 2004 permits 100% foreign ownership in the express delivery sector, but foreign firms for general postal services have to be licensed by competent State agencies. This implies that they need to fulfil some requirements under Article 21, for example a minimum five years experience in post or mail delivery.

Decree 52 of 2013 sets up strict formal requirements for websites that offer online platforms for other traders and for auction platforms. These only apply to companies that use a .vn domain or that are registered in Vietnam.
The requirements include the registration of the platforms in question, and certification by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). Furthermore, an online notification to MoIT is required for subsequent establishment.

Vietnam has licensing/registration requirements in place for online social networks, general information websites, mobile telcoms network-based services and certain online games services. These contemplate that companies must be established in Vietnam in order to fulfil the licensing and registration requirements. As a result, it is unclear whether an offshore entity must create an entity in Vietnam before providing social network services or general information to users in Vietnam.