HANOI, April 10 (Reuters) - Vietnam has ordered Netflix
Inc ( NFLX ) to stop advertising and distributing its games in
the country before April 25 as the U.S. streaming platform has
not yet been granted a license for games services, its
broadcasting authority said on Thursday.
"Vietnam demands Netflix ( NFLX ) comply with the Vietnamese
regulations on game online services," the Authority of
Broadcasting and Electronic Information (ABEI) said a statement
on its website.
"We order Netflix ( NFLX ) to stop advertising and publishing the
Netflix's ( NFLX ) video games on the Netflix ( NFLX ) application and on Appstore
Vietnam and Google Play store Vietnam before April 25," the
statement added.
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 ( NFLX ) begun its push into gaming by launching Netflix ( NFLX )
games on mobile phones in November 2021.
The company did not immediately reply to a request for
comment.