With respect to entertainment software and video games, overall, compared with the draft Decree IIPA reviewed in late 2012, the final Decree appears to create some room for foreign video game companies to operate in Vietnam. However, foreign companies still seem to be held at arm’s length, and there is a strong risk of discriminatory treatment against foreign companies in the provision of online games in Vietnam. The new Decree appears to lift the 2010 ban on issuance of new licenses for online games and the ban on advertising of online games, and omits other restrictions that appeared in earlier drafts of the Decree. However, IIPA remains concerned that the Decree will limit the ability of foreign companies to offer online games in Vietnam. Article 31(4) provides,“[f]oreign organizations and individuals that provide online game services for Vietnamese users must establish enterprises in accordance with Vietnam’s law in accordance with this Decree and the laws on foreign investment.” The decree establishes four categories of games. In category G1 (multiplayer games in an interactive online environment) the enterprise must obtain a license and approval of the contents of the game from MIC. Other restrictions are imposed, including many involving censorship of the content of games in order for them to be approved; content within games that is outright prohibited (see, e.g., Article 32(3)(b) on content restrictions for multiplayer online games in category G1); restrictions on data collection; restrictions related to the age of users; license duration limits; and other restrictions. IIPA will be monitoring very carefully the implementation of this Decree to ensure it does not create structures which unduly impede the ability of foreign right holders to avail themselves of the Vietnamese market or which discriminate against them.