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.