The Cau Giay district taxation agency in Hanoi has reported that a 28-year old woman earned revenue of VND330 billion, or $14 million, in 2020 and paid personal income tax of VND23.4 billion.

Most Vietnamese game developers are targeting foreign markets as the domestic market is still too small and cannot support independent game studios.

The creator of the game app Flappy Bird, Nguyen Ha Dong, advised students not to exchange their maturity for short-term success.

VietNamNet Bridge - Unable to ‘play’ on a level playing field, domestic games developers and distributors are finding it difficult to grow.

Face Dance Challenge, a Vietnamese-made game that helps players express emotions on their faces, has raised waves on the internet and is expected to become the second Flappy Bird.

In recent years, millions of electronic game fans have gradually left internet cafes, where they played games on PCs, and have shifted to mobile phones. 

Le Hong Minh, CEO of VNG, stirred up the public at the Vietnam Game Summit 2017 when he said that he believes Vietnam would obtain $1billion in turnover from games in the next 10 years.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese game market is showing a tendency to shift from playing online games on computers to mobile devices.

VietNamNet Bridge - A debate has been raised about Article No 292 of the 2015 Criminal Code, to take effect on July 1, on illegally providing services on computer and telecommunication networks. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Ha Dong, the game developer, famous for his Flappy Bird game, may be subject to criminal prosecution under the amended 2015 Criminal Code which will take effect on July 1, 2016.

 A recent lowball tax declaration of US$62,340 by Nguyen Ha Dong, creator of Flappy Bird, a Vietnamese mobile game that created quite a whirlwind last year, has created quite a tax flap, according to officials.

 Vietnamese game developers and lecturers of Uppsala University’s Department of Game Design in Sweden met yesterday in Hanoi to share their experiences on computer game design.

VietNamNet Bridge - Two years have elapsed since Nguyen Ha Dong roused the world gamer community with his Flappy Bird. But the name Nguyen Ha Dong has always been hot.

 Famous app developer Nguyen Ha Dong, creator of the globally popular mobile game Flappy Bird, has become the only Vietnamese to get in the Guiness Book of World Records 2016, according to Lao Dong newspaper.

Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai met Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, spoke with Vietnamese startups, and met with young game developer Nguyen Ha Dong and Truong Gia Binh, president of the Vietnamese largest information technology group FPT.

Nguyen Ha Dong, the father of Flappy Bird, the online game which had set records for the number of downloads at the world’s most popular app stores, has created another game called Swing Copters 2.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Ha Dong, the creator of Flappy Bird, who earned big money with the game, has declared his income to pay the corporate income tax of VND1.4 billion.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Though Vietnam has never been considered a hi-tech power, locally made hi-tech brands have become popular with consumers.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Flappy Bird mobile game by Nguyen Ha Dong was named as one of the 50 best-known brands worldwide in 2014 by Infergy, a leading company in the field of data analysis activities of mass media.