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.
Following the success of Google''s Gaming Growth Lab in 2021 and 2022, Google will further expand the programme beyond mobile game developers to tools and utilities mobile app developers and offer open access to educational content in 2023.
Lenovo has officially launched a new series of powerful gaming laptops powered by AMD including Legion 5 and Legion 5 Pro and IdeaPad Gaming 3, delivering unique and explosive gaming and content creation experience to all senses.
GameFi projects offer such high profits that investors pile into the industry to make easy money. The mass exodus of profit-seekers has turned Viet Nam into a GameFi powerhouse with the proliferation of game-making studios.
Fado Go, a cross-border e-commerce platform, has signed a memorandum of understanding with V Gaming, a pioneer in professional e-sports in Viet Nam, to support its two e-sport teams at the upcoming 31st Southeast Asia Games.
VNG announced it has invested in a Korean gaming start-up Haegin, officially jumping into the Metaverse, a virtual-reality space in which users can interact with a computer-generated environment and other users, and boosts the firm’s “go global” strategy.
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.
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.
After mobile operators announced a temporary halt of scratchcard payments in the past few days, digital and online gaming businesses said they had been hit hard.
Leading companies from Taiwan, including 33 winners of the Taiwan Excellence Award, are showcasing their latest technologies and innovations in the areas of business solutions, gaming and the Internet of Things (IoT) at an upcoming three-day exhibition Vietnam ICT COMM.
The Ministry of Finance’s Department of Banking and Financial Institutions has been given the authority to grant business licences for casino and gaming services.