WeChat Pay offered for Chinese tourists to Danang’s Lotte

Chinese tourists can able pay for goods and services by using WeChat Pay app on their smartphones to scan QR codes instead of using bank cards or cash.

Vimo and Lotte Duty Free have offered the service at five stores under Lotte Duty Free at Danang International Airport. The partnership will contribute to boosting sales at Lotte duty-free shops which sell a variety of high-quality products such as cosmetics, watches, wines, medicine, clothes and jewelry products of more than 100 popular brands.

Vimo is the first intermediary payment service provider in Vietnam to allow Chinese tourists to use WeChat Pay e-wallet service in the country. Vimo has accepted payments via WeChat Pay at 500 agents including more than 100 stores of seven corporations at five international airports with direct air services from China.

Vietnam is one of the destinations most visited by the Chinese in the region. Last year saw some 3.5 million Chinese visitors come to Vietnam.

By enabling WeChat payments at thousands of stores locally, Vimo targets to boost spending by Chinese tourists in Vietnam by 10% this year from an average of US$638 in 2017.