The Ministry of Industry and Trade asked Temu to cease sales in the country until a licensing process is completed, state media reported Thursday.

Chinese online retailers Temu and Shein have suspended their operations in Vietnam as the companies work to register their e-commerce services with the Southeast Asian nation's authorities, the two companies said on Thursday.

Vietnam has suspended the operations of Chinese online retailer Temu after it failed to meet a government deadline to register the company by the end of November. It is unclear if Temu, a unit of Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo,

Chinese shopping app Temu has been forced to suspend its services in Vietnam after it failed to register with authorities, state media said on Thursday.

Southeast Asia is turning into a vital market for cross-border e-commerce platforms. The five largest sites in Vietnam -- Shopee, Lazada Group, TikTok Shop, Tiki, and Sen Do Joint Stock-- have a combined monthly transaction volume of VND25.3 trillion, according to the third-quarter Online Retail Market Overview report by Metric.

Two of the world’s most popular budget-shopping platforms have suspended business in the Southeast Asian nation.

HANOI: Chinese online retailer Temu has been told to suspend its operations in Vietnam after it failed to meet an end-November deadline for business registration in the Southeast Asian country, Vietnamese state media reported on Thursday (Dec 5).