HA NOI — Ha Noi's Information and Communications Department yesterday suggested that online games businesses relocate to amusement zones in supermarkets to allow the city to manage the sector more easily.
The idea was proposed during a meeting to establish new management policies for online games businesses between the Ministry of Information and Communications and municipal authorities.
Head of the department Pham Quoc Ban said the city had already shut down games shops within 200m of schools and instructed internet service providers to cut services to games shops after 11pm.
He said that these methods had not been particularly effective. Many shops closed their doors at 11pm but remained open for business using alternative internet connections, Ban added.
"Many gamers are willing to pay a lot to play these online games, which has helped businesses earn large profits," said a ministry representative. "This makes it very hard to manage this sector."
Ban argued that when online game businesses operated in these specified areas, it would be easier to control their games' content and their opening hours.
"Many supermarkets including Hapro have already agreed to accommodate online games businesses and have even said they wouldn't charge them any rent for the first few months," Ban said.
The majority of officials in the meeting agreed with Ban's arguments, but some doubted the practicality of his ideas.
A representative from the Inspection Office of the Information and Communications Department said amusement zones were limited in size and infrastructure, so relocating online gaming shops to these areas would be difficult.
According to the department, in September Ha Noi closed down more than 300 online gaming shops that had broken municipal regulations. — VNS
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