The advertisement of Online games in Vietnam has been banned as its compelling the youngsters to commit crimes like robbery and murder in order to get money to pay for play, an official told on Thursday. The Ministry of Information and Communication took this decision on account for the negative influence of such video games on the youngsters, said Ministry Official Luu Vu Hai.
The licensing of the online games has been banned unless the new regulations are not implemented from the government. The advertisements have been banned and the internet service providers are ordered strictly to cut off the internet connection to the shops that offer games after 11 p.m.
In the recent years, the percentage of such crimes is found to be increasing in Vietnam where a number of youngsters were found committing serious crimes like robbery and even murder and on interrogating, it came out that they just needed a little amount of money to pay for their online play. Read more…