Vietnam Becomes Game Online â€Hotspott†in ASEAN

According to IDC’s latest study on gaming online in Asia/Pacific excluding the Japan- APEJ market, the online game industry is developing very well although it is a new one. The emerging Vietnam is fully capable of building a successful online game industry in the region thanks to massive investments in information and communication technology (ICT). Vietnam is proud of having 9.6 million Internet users in 2004 and is estimated to have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.9 per cent until 2009.

This industry made a debut in 2003 when unregistered versions like MU games were spread on the Internet. Like other new online game markets, Vietnam will face certain difficulties before becoming a developed market, IDC believed.