1. Before you play

• On the intro screen, enter the Class code in the «🎓 Class code» field, then pick your company. Without a Class code you are not graded.
• The game has 6 quarters. Each quarter: gather intel (up to 2 sources), pick a priority and markets, commit the quarter, then handle one event.
• After 6 quarters, press Submit result with your full name. Each in-game market is modelled on a real country (see the 📘 Handbook).
• Pick your home country before you start: Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, China, India, South Korea, Japan, the United States or Germany. If you start from Korea, Japan, the US or Germany, that country's market slot becomes Vietnam.
• Your home country sets the trade agreements and cultural distance to each market: no FTA → revenue −8%; a culturally distant market → up to −12% revenue in the first two quarters and less knowledge per intel purchase. These effects feed into the /100 total (A1).
• Use the 🗺️ Full-screen map and 📇 Country dossiers (population, GDP, trade deals, barriers, FX, logistics, Hofstede dimensions) before choosing markets and entry modes.

2. Exam schedule

Total time: 60 minutes. The game opens each quarter on schedule, with a countdown at the bottom of the screen; you cannot commit a quarter before it opens. If a quarter ends before you commit, the game commits your selected priority («Strengthen resilience» if none) and picks the first option of the event.

Time	Duration	What to do
Min 0 – 10	10 min	Open the game, enter the Class code, read the 4 company profiles and pick one. Browse the 📘 Handbook.
Min 10 – 58	6 quarters × 8 min	Each quarter: • Min 0–3: buy intel and compare sources. • Min 3–6: choose priority, market and entry mode, then commit. • Min 6–8: handle the event and review the quarter.
Min 58 – 60	2 min	Press Submit result and check your name on the class leaderboard.

3. How the 10 points are awarded

Criterion	How to score	Max
A1. Simulation score	In-game total /100 × 0.05 (e.g. 80 → 4.0). Ending early (cash-out for 2 quarters in a row, or reputation collapse): 1.5 max.	5.0
A2. Result bonus	+0.6 for the «Vietnamese brand sets sail» title (total ≥ 72 and all 5 dimensions ≥ 60). +0.4 if cumulative profit beats the rival after 6 quarters.	1.0
A3. Balance across 5 dimensions	Based on your weakest dimension: ≥ 60 → 2.0 · 45–59 → 1.4 · 30–44 → 0.7 · below 30 → 0.	2.0
A4a. Decision quality	Share of «sound» choices among the events you faced: ≥ 80% → 1.5 · 60–79% → 1.1 · 40–59% → 0.7 · below 40% → 0.3. See section 5.	1.5
A4b. Cash discipline	No quarter with negative cash → 0.5 · one quarter → 0.25 · two or more → 0.	0.5
Total		10

4. The five in-game dimensions (total /100)

Dimension	Weight	Measured by	How to raise it
💹 Profit	30%	Cumulative profit against a 12 bn ₫ benchmark	Match market and entry mode, hold price, avoid price wars
⭐ Reputation	20%	Final reputation index	«Build the brand», handle crises transparently
🏭 Capability	20%	Final capability index	«Upgrade capability», data upgrades, product adaptation
🤸 Adaptability	15%	Resilience and number of adaptations	«Strengthen resilience», choices marked «+1 adaptation»
🌱 Sustainability	15%	Green actions (5 actions → 100)	Recycled packaging, green credentials

5. What counts as a «sound» choice (A4a)

• Protecting the brand long-term over short-term gain, e.g. holding price and telling the product story instead of matching a rival's price cut.
• Handling incidents transparently: recall, apologise, compensate real customers.
• Some choices are only sound if you meet the conditions at the time (market knowledge, reputation, capability, cash, green record). Check these before accepting a big opportunity.

6. Grade conversion

A course earns credit only with a grade of D or higher.