Việt Nam’s gaming industry has taken a significant stride in 2024, with many important activities conducted by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) in collaboration with game producers and distributors to guide the growth of the sector.
Thirty two Vietnamese game studios graduated on September 29 from a nine-week intensive training course provided by Google Gaming Growth Lab, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.
HeroVerse, a Viet Nam-based NFT game project built on the blockchain, has successfully raised US$1.7 million from leading blockchain and NFT investment funds including DaoMaker, x21, AU21 Capital, Raptor Capital, IceTea Labs.
Amanotes, a mobile game publisher based in Viet Nam, has been ranked among the top positions worldwide in two recent major surveys of the rapidly growing global mobile market.
Sky Mavis, the parent company of blockchain-based game Axie Infinity, closed their funding round at US$1.5 million led by Animoca Brands with participation from Hashed, Pangea Blockchain Fund, ConsenSys, and 500 Startups.
Cyber criminals are using new episodes of popular TV shows to distribute malware, with Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead and Arrow being their favourites.
The OTA Network, a network of game content creators, and Facebook Gaming organised a Facebook community event recently in Ha Noi, attracting nearly 200 of the hottest names in the gaming streamer and creator community in Viet Nam.
Online game provider VNG corporation, formerly known as Vinagame, has approved a plan to sell a maximum of 360,000 treasury shares to investors under the form of private placement.