Officials and business representative gathered at a recent workshop inHanoi to discuss how to develop online games and restrict theirnegative impacts on society.
At the event, delegates deliberatedon suitable ways for Vietnam ’s enterprises, which produce andprovide online games, to promote their business.
According toHoang Vinh Bao, Director of the Broadcasting and Electronic InformationDepartment at the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC), asof July 2013, a total of 117 online games have been licensed, of which44 had stopped running.
However, after the MoIC ceased tolicense new online games in October 2010, most licensed games ofVietnamese providers failed to attract players, Bao said, adding thatdomestic gamers have a tendency to look for foreign games, most of whichare unlicensed which have not been licensed.
At the workshop,participants suggested the Government urgently issue detailed andfeasible policies in order to facilitate the operations of digitalcontent sector in general and domestic providers of online gamingservices in particular, helping them win back the domestic market.
The policies should also encourage Vietnam ’s game providers tocreate made-in-Vietnam games which feature Vietnam ’s nationalcharacters and promote the country’s culture and history to the world.
Nguyen Van Hung, Chief Inspector of the MoIC, said 100percent of online game suppliers have been forced to provide unlicensedgames to meet the huge demand of players and to maintain their existencein the market.
Taking advantage of the situation, a number offoreign companies established businesses in Vietnam , supplying aseries of unlicensed games and evading taxes.
The presence ofinternational businesses, which makes corrupt use of legal loopholes tooperate in Vietnam, results in Vietnamese enterprises being pushed outof the online gaming market in their own country.
At the event,Vietnamese businesses expressed their hope that the MoIC will resume thelicensing of new games as soon as possible, helping local gameproviders overcome the current difficult situation.
Speaking atthe closing, MoIC Deputy Minister Do Quy Doan affirmed that the statemanagement agencies will make every effort to create a fair playingfield for domestic businesses.-VNA
At the event, delegates deliberatedon suitable ways for Vietnam ’s enterprises, which produce andprovide online games, to promote their business.
According toHoang Vinh Bao, Director of the Broadcasting and Electronic InformationDepartment at the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC), asof July 2013, a total of 117 online games have been licensed, of which44 had stopped running.
However, after the MoIC ceased tolicense new online games in October 2010, most licensed games ofVietnamese providers failed to attract players, Bao said, adding thatdomestic gamers have a tendency to look for foreign games, most of whichare unlicensed which have not been licensed.
At the workshop,participants suggested the Government urgently issue detailed andfeasible policies in order to facilitate the operations of digitalcontent sector in general and domestic providers of online gamingservices in particular, helping them win back the domestic market.
The policies should also encourage Vietnam ’s game providers tocreate made-in-Vietnam games which feature Vietnam ’s nationalcharacters and promote the country’s culture and history to the world.
Nguyen Van Hung, Chief Inspector of the MoIC, said 100percent of online game suppliers have been forced to provide unlicensedgames to meet the huge demand of players and to maintain their existencein the market.
Taking advantage of the situation, a number offoreign companies established businesses in Vietnam , supplying aseries of unlicensed games and evading taxes.
The presence ofinternational businesses, which makes corrupt use of legal loopholes tooperate in Vietnam, results in Vietnamese enterprises being pushed outof the online gaming market in their own country.
At the event,Vietnamese businesses expressed their hope that the MoIC will resume thelicensing of new games as soon as possible, helping local gameproviders overcome the current difficult situation.
Speaking atthe closing, MoIC Deputy Minister Do Quy Doan affirmed that the statemanagement agencies will make every effort to create a fair playingfield for domestic businesses.-VNA
