Online game: Propaganda and education are still effective management measures

Online games are a type of cultural service on the Internet that tends to thrive, has a positive side, but also has many negative impacts, especially for young people, causing social annoyance. Although the relevant state management agencies have actively paid attention, but the state management for this activity is still inadequate and has not kept up with the situation of the actual situation. After many meetings, the authorities still have not had basic and synchronous solutions.

Prohibited or not banned?

There is no denying the positive aspects that online games bring, it is entertainment for players and new business directions for service providers. But around the online game there is still a lot to discuss.

At a recent talk about online games, Mr. Vu Xuan Thanh, Deputy Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Culture and Information, said, " The biggest harm is the child who plays and plays the game, ignoring his advice parents, find ways to overcome parental control to burn money during night games throughout the day, from day to day .

The comments have many things in common: that if "spending" too much time and money for online games, it will be very affecting health. But it is also a legitimate entertainment need, so it is not advisable to mention the issue of prohibition or prohibition on online games, but how important it is to make online games grow .

Is quantity restriction a good solution?

On December 20, another meeting to discuss online games in Ho Chi Minh City continued. Representatives of the Ministry, Department of Posts and Telecommunications of Ho Chi Minh City and ISPs, online game service providers attended.

Facing the fast and strong development of online games, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Post and Telecommunications Le Manh Ha expressed concern about the quality of the transmission line. He thinks online games are taking up too much bandwidth, affecting Internet quality. If the user complains about the service, the responsibility will go to the Department, to the Ministry of Post and Telematics. Therefore, he is considering having to limit the development of online games, which can only stop at 5 or 10 games that are active. Ms. Le Thi Ngoc Mo, Deputy Director of Telecommunications Department, Ministry of Posts and Telematics also concurred with this opinion.

However, this intention of management levels has not been supported by businesses. Director of the Regional Center for Computing and Data Transmission (VDC2) Truong Hoai Truong said: " Internet quality is not entirely caused by online games ". Saigon Postel also voiced, " There is no reason to impose online games because the games themselves have quota. The profits from online games will create opportunities for businesses to invest more in service quality. That is a chance, not a risk . Developing online games is the motivation for businesses to improve quality ".

In the face of strong and legitimate opinions of businesses, both the Ministry and the Department agreed to restrain the restrictions on the number of online games.

Social management is really difficult, virtual social management is even more difficult. Prohibiting or limiting the number of online games is probably not a good management solution. It is important to propagate and educate the consciousness of users. That is the long-term and effective solution, contributing to the development of online games in its positive direction.