I missed this one while I was out of the office last week…eBay partnered with ChoDienTu.vn , a Vietnamese online marketplace.

As I understand it, ChoDienTu.vn will evolve into an eBay co-branded site where individuals and businesses in Vietnam can participate in local trade as well as international trade via eBay’s global websites. The new joint site is accessible at http://www.chodientu.vn and will be further developed and managed by ChoDienTu.vn of PeaceSoft.

The site’s domestic marketplace (enabling trade between Vietnamese users) will launch in the next few months while the cross-border trade hub (which will replace the current version of http://www.ebay.vn) is expected to launch at a later date.

This move makes Vietnam the 40th market in which eBay has a local presence.

Cheers,
RBH