Cross-border application We TV of Tencent silently displays Vietnamese subtitles, stops paying in Vietnamese currency

From August 11, 2019, the application of watching online TV across the border (OTT television) We TV of Chinese giant Tencent no longer displays Vietnamese subtitles, on all films that are providing only. also displays English or Chinese subtitles. The language selection section is no longer available in Vietnamese.

In the payment section to buy VIP subscribers also pay the payment feature in Vietnamese currency, instead users pay in USD. This move took place only a few weeks after ICTnews had a series of articles reflecting the issuance of OTT China television applications in Vietnam market without complying with the provisions of Vietnamese law on management of transmission services. paid images, as well as content management.

Movies on We TV no longer display Vietnamese subtitles.

Specifically, Vietnamese law stipulates that pay television service business units must be enterprises established under the Enterprise Law, must be licensed to provide pay television and national content services. When providing to Vietnamese users, they must comply with the regulations on editing and translation in accordance with Vietnamese law.

The sudden shutdown of Vietnamese subtitles by We TV made the OTT user community quite chaos. On the official fanpage We TV Vietnam from August 11, 2019, we posted a notice about the upgrade of We TV’s service system. Accordingly, to provide better viewing experience and quality, We TV conducts optimization and upgrade service systems. During the upgrade process, there will be a case where the Vietnamese service cannot be displayed. After completing the upgrade process, We TV will have official announcements via Facebook and Instagram.

On the fanpage, many users complained because they spent money to register for VIP packages but cannot watch movies now because they do not understand English or Chinese subtitles. Some people expressed indignation to ask We TV to clearly announce the upgrade deadline.

Nick Tu Nguyet Ha complained: “Real inhibition. If you end up spending money, you still have to see Engsub (English – PV subtitles), what the hell do you spend? Upgrading time is too coincidental. ” Nick Minh Phuc also expressed frustration: “What kind of money to pay for buying services to watch and not translate?”

Concerning this issue at the end of July 2019, ICTnews reflected that China’s two cross-border OTT applications, WeTV and iQIYI, have opened their services in the Vietnamese market. Vietnamese users can download these two applications and subscribe to buy VIP packages with Vietnamese currency. On the two applications provide a huge amount of content of movies, movies, dramas, and game shows of Chinese television and film companies. Just download the application, do not need to register an account, you can watch thousands of movies, gameshow with lots of content updated daily.

It is worth mentioning that on all content on WeTV, there are Vietnamese subtitle versions and users can pay to buy VIP packages with very soft cost. Specifically, on We TV, the fee is 25,000 VND / month, 55,000 VND / quarter and 259,000 VND / year. At present, impressions on the price of money have turned into USD denominations.

Movies on the application of iQIYI (Mr. Baidu’s big) do not have Vietnamese subtitle version, but Vietnamese people can pay for VIP package purchase in Vietnam dong, iQIYI has two Gold VIP and Diamond VIP packages with higher price We TV a bit. Specifically, Gold Vip package costs VND 49,000 / month, VND 130,000 / quarter and VND 499,000 / year. The Diamon VIP package is priced at VND 59,000 / month, VND 160,000 / quarter and VND 599,000 / year. Currently, iQIYI still displays the price in Vietnam dong.

Both online TV applications We TV and iQIYI allow users to buy paid VIP packages via the payment gateway of Apple or Google. For iOS users, there must be an international credit or debit card for payment. As for Android users, payment is much more convenient, can pay straight from the mobile root account of 4 operators via Google Play payment gateway.

The entire content has been transferred to the English version.

The language selection section no longer displays Vietnamese.

The payment also translates into USD denominations .