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Vietnam Government flags update on online game regulations

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 · Filed Under

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“A new decision is expected to tighten regulations while creating more healthy development of online games,” Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Do Quy Doan told a recent seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on online game management.

“There should be a more detailed and clearer document on managing online games,” Doan said without saying when the decision would be issued.

Statistics from the Vietnam Internet Network Information Center showed that 3.6 million people used the Internet in 2008 for entertainment purposes, a majority playing online games.

According to the 2006 document, gamers lose half of their bonus after the first three hours and lose it all after five hours. They can continue playing but should not be able to accrue any more bonuses.

However, the conference heard that gamers had found ways to get around the limitation and some online games did not have the limit built in.

Hai said the 2006 regulations proved to be ineffective, adding that it should only have applied to gamers under 18.

“Gamers of 18-year or more should have the right to play and are responsible for their own behavior,” he said.

He also said the five-hour limit was copied from a model in China that has been changed, setting the limit for gamers under 18-year-old only.

Source: http://www.thanhniennews.com/features/?catid=10&newsid=46437

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