Application for issuance of License to provide G1 online gaming services in Vietnam from December 25, 2024

Application for issuance of License to provide G1 online gaming services in Vietnam from December 25, 2024​ (Image from Internet)

On November 9, 2024, the Government of Vietnam issued Decree 147/2024/ND-CP governing the management, provision, and use of Internet services and online information.

1. Application for issuance of License to provide G1 online gaming services in Vietnam from December 25, 2024

According to the provisions of Article 40 of Decree 147/2024/ND-CP, the Application for issuance of License to provide online G1 online gaming services in Vietnam includes:

- Application form for the license according to Form No. 29 in the Appendix issued with Decree 147/2024/ND-CP.

	Form No. 29

- A valid copy (including a copy issued from the original registry or a certified copy or a certified electronic copy or a copy compared against the original) of the business registration certificate or investment registration certificate, or a valid copy of a certificate or other equivalent valid license issued before the effective date of the Investment Law 2014 and the Enterprise Law 2020.

- Scheme for providing G1 online gaming services confirmed by the legal representative of the enterprise or the head of the enterprise requesting the license, including the following main contents:

+ Service provision plan, financial capacity, organization, personnel, technical implementation to ensure the conditions stipulated in clause 1 Article 39 of Decree 147/2024/ND-CP;

+ Overall schematic of the service provision system equipment, location of service system equipment;

+ Information on the service system equipment including main and backup parts (name, function, proposed configuration of the equipment) to ensure service quality, network information security, information security; data backup plan and contingency plan; plan to ensure the rights of players and player data information;

+ Detailed information about the method, scope of service provision (domain name, game distribution channels, IP address); Internet and telecommunications network connection enterprises (enterprise name, address, connection channel capacity);

+ Information on the expected connection with payment service providers and intermediary payment service providers.

2. Classification of online games by player age in Vietnam

Online games in Vietnam are classified according to the following age groups:

- Online games for players aged 18 and over (denoted as 18+) are games without pornographic activities, images, sounds, language, dialogue; for games with antagonistic, combat activities, there are images of close-up weapons, characters simulating real people;

- Online games for players aged 16 and over (denoted as 16+) are games without pornographic activities, images, sounds, language, dialogue, close-up shots emphasizing sensitive body parts; for games with antagonistic activities, there are no images, activities showing violence;

- Online games for players aged 12 and over (denoted as 12+) are games without activities, images, sounds, language, dialogue, scantily dressed characters, pornography, close-up shots emphasizing sensitive body parts; for games with antagonistic activities, only animated characters simulating or not simulating real people are used, or only using combat equipment and vehicles without the presence of real-person simulating characters during gameplay, using weapons under animated images and no close-up view of weapons; restrained sound of weapon collisions during combat;

- Online games for players of all ages (denoted as 00+) are games in animated form; without antagonistic activities using weapons; no ghostly, horrifying, violent images or sounds; without activities, sounds, language, dialogue, scantily dressed character images, pornography, close-up shots emphasizing sensitive body parts. (According to clause 1 Article 38 of Decree 147/2024/ND-CP)

Refer to the Decree 147/2024/ND-CP effective from December 25, 2024.

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