HANOI, April 11 — Vietnam has ordered Netflix Inc to stop advertising and distributing its games in the country before April 25 as the United States streaming platform has not yet been granted a license for games services, its broadcasting authority said today.
“Vietnam demands Netflix comply with the Vietnamese regulations on game online services.
“We order Netflix to stop advertising and publishing the Netflix’s video games on the Netflix application and on Appstore Vietnam and Google Play store Vietnam before April 25,” ,” said the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information in a statement on its website.
The streaming platform, which has been ordered by the government several times to block domestic access to various content, is seeking to open an office in Vietnam, Reuters has reported.
Netflix began its push into gaming by launching Netflix games on mobile phones in November 2021.
The company did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
— Reuters
