letrinhan/vn-ebi-provincial

Vietnam EBI provincial e-business index (2012-2026)

VECOM E-Business Index (EBI) provincial scores, 14 report years (2012-2026. no official 2016). Subindexes HR&IT, B2C, B2B, and G2B when published. G2B dropped from the composite from 2021. Geographic panel is historical_63 through 2025 and current_34 (post-merger) in 2026. Weights and coverage vary by year - see year_meta. Chart digits verified against official PDFs/screenshots. published ebi_total kept even when a few VECOM years show component/total inconsistencies (flagged in QA).

Files

provinces_long (4097 rows)

• data/provinces_long.csv
• data/provinces_long.dta
• data/provinces_long.xlsx

provinces_wide (737 rows)

• data/provinces_wide.csv
• data/provinces_wide.dta
• data/provinces_wide.xlsx

codebook (6 rows)

• data/codebook.csv
• data/codebook.dta
• data/codebook.xlsx

coverage (737 rows)

• data/coverage.csv
• data/coverage.dta
• data/coverage.xlsx

year_meta (14 rows)

• data/year_meta.csv
• data/year_meta.dta
• data/year_meta.xlsx

Load

Stata:

use "data/provinces_long.dta", clear

R:

df <- read.csv("data/provinces_long.csv")

SPSS: open the .xlsx or .csv file.

Source

Upstream: Vietnam E-Commerce Association (VECOM) - Chỉ số Thương mại điện tử (EBI), ebi.vecom.vn / vecom.vn. Values transcribed from annual EBI report charts and PDF text. Partial geographic coverage in most years before 2025. Review VECOM terms before commercial reuse.

Raw originals

Unmodified upstream source files are under raw/ for verification (see raw/README.md). Clean tables remain under data/.

Citation

@misc{ebi_vn_provinces_panel,
  title = {Vietnam EBI provincial e-business index (2012--2026)},
  author = {{Vietnam E-Commerce Association (VECOM)}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vecom.vn}},
  note = {Chart extracts; coverage, geo system, and weights vary by year},
  year = {2026}
}

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