GAME SHOPS MUST HAVE MINIMUM DISTANCE OF 200M FROM SCHOOLS
On July 15, 2013, the Government issues the Decree No. 72/2013/ND-CP on management, provision and use of Internet services and online information.
In accordance with this Decree, conditions for opening public game centers as follows: organizations and individuals may only open public game centers after obtaining the Certificate of eligibility to open public game centers; the Certificate of eligibility to open public game centers shall be issued after the conditions below are satisfied as the opening of the game center is registered, the game center is located at least 200 m away from gates of primary schools, middle schools, and high schools, a sign saying “Game center” is put up, which specifies the name, address, phone number, and business registration number, the total area of computer rooms of the game center is at least 50 m2 for urban areas in class I, class II, class III, at least 40 m2 for urban areas in class IV, class V, and at least 30 m2 for other areas…The Ministry of Information and Communications shall specify the procedure for issuing, adjusting, extending, revoking, and reissuing the Certificate of eligibility to open public game centers. Every organization or enterprise shall be issued with the license to establish news websites or license to establish social networks when the organization or enterprise is established within Vietnam’s law and its functions, tasks, or registered business lines are conformable with the services and information provided; the management personnel meet the requirements of the Ministry of Information and Communications; domain names are registered to establish the news website of social network; the financial and technical capacity, organizational structure, and personnel are suitable for the scale; measures are taken for ensuring information safety and information security.
This Decree takes effect on September 01, 2013 and replaces the Government's Decree No. 97/2008/ND-CP dated August 28, 2008; the Joint Circular No. 02/2005/TTLT-BCVT-VHTT-CA-KHDT dated July 14, 2005 and the Joint Circular No. 60/2006/TTLT-BVHTT-BBCVT-BCA dated June 01, 2006.
