[Global Times Contributor Wang Yi Yun Hsu] Along with the development of technology and the Internet, video games have become a fertile ground for the information technology industry with its fast-growing momentum and attractive revenues, especially in Vietnam. According to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on March 3, Vietnam's game industry has made great progress in the past 10 years. Data show that the annual revenue of Vietnam's game industry has exceeded 500 million dollars, ranking fifth in Southeast Asia.

　　According to Vietnam's Ministry of Communications and Media, many of the world's most popular mobile games come from Vietnam; more than 50% of the top game studios in Australia-New Zealand-Southeast Asia come from Vietnam. Currently, Vietnam ranks second in Southeast Asia in terms of game downloads and is among the top ten in terms of global game downloads with an annual growth rate of about 10 percent. In addition, Apple estimates that about 180,000 people are developing mobile apps in Vietnam, with the largest number of people working in the game industry.

　　Based on the above figures, Vietnam's Microsoft startups and development managers described Vietnam as "Southeast Asia's video game powerhouse," according to VNA.

　　"The rise of the gaming industry comes as no surprise to Vietnamese, with tech entrepreneurs scrambling to sell their products as street vendors race to sell noodles and iced coffee on the streets." The Japan Times previously reported that Vietnam has come to view video games as an important part of its burgeoning technology sector, vastly outpacing outsourced software and sneaker factories.

　　The rise of Vietnamese game companies also reflects the country's success in strengthening its education system. Vietnamese students reportedly routinely outperform the United States and some members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) test. Coding camps for children are becoming increasingly popular in the country, and universities are simply offering courses related to game development.

　　According to the Japan Times, Vietnam's video game boom dates back a decade. in 2013, an independent game developer named Nguyen Ha Dong created a simple but addictive little mobile game called Pixel Bird - a game that allows players to control the flight of a bird by tapping on the screen to help the bird dodge the tubes of varying heights. Pixel Birds was an overnight sensation, reportedly downloaded 50 million times in the Apple Store in less than a year, and at the game's height, the game was reportedly earning about $50,000 a day in advertising fees. Although the game was later taken off the shelves due to controversy, it still gave Vietnamese game developers a "huge shock". One head of a Vietnamese game publishing company said he used to sleep and sleep on a rooftop with his friends to develop game apps 10 years ago, and that "this small rooftop is Vietnam's version of the Silicon Valley garage".

　　According to the Viet Nam News Agency, the game industry's programming, design and graphics tracks have created a large number of jobs with high economic value and global competitiveness. This is an opportunity for young workers to choose a career and a challenge for human resource training in the game industry. In this regard, Vietnam's Ministry of Communications and Media has set a target of the country's game industry's business revenue reaching US$1 billion in five years.