After two days spent tracking, on Tuesday the Vietnamese Criminal Police Department (C02) along with professional units of the Ministry of Public Security, the Public Security Department of Ho Chi Minh City, and Dong Nai Province, raided 15 locations in Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai Province. Fourteen individuals were arrested and will be […]
The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance has asked for an extension of its three-year pilot program that trialed gambling in the country. The Ministry argued that the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible to adequately evaluate the results of the program. Vietnam Allowed Locals to Play for Three Years Three years ago, the Vietnamese government started a […]
Vietnam is keen to make casino resorts work, but to make them work, the country would need to first assess if these projects could be feasible. During the pandemic, Vietnam decided to make an exemption for the Corona Resort & Casino and allow local players to participate in gambling activity. The county was interested to […]
During a Q&A part of the 14th session of 15th National Assembly Standing Committee, the Minister of Public Security was asked about the state of sports betting within the country. His answers mostly boiled down to lack of regulatory bodies and compliant businesses to operate legally within the industry, which is currently entirely underground and […]
Fun88 has successfully launched in Vietnam after it updated the link to its fun88zone.net website from its Philippine server. With this development, Vietnamese players will be able to enjoy all of Fun88’s services, which include both casino and sportsbook offerings. The App Is Free to Download and Has Multi-Language Support The app, which will feature […]
Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance requested the extension of the country’s pilot casino program, a VietnamNet report has it. The report also claims that the Ministry requested adding two more casinos to the program. The Ministry Reportedly Submitted an Official Request Vietnam launched its three-year trial in 2019, temporarily allowing locals to play games of chance. […]
Police in Hanoi busted an illegal gambling ring accepting bets on movements in the foreign exchange (FX) market and arrested the man who ran it, according to the report from the Ministry of Public Security last week. Wealth and Luxury Lifestyle The organizer of the gambling ring, 38-year-old Dao Minh Sang, set up three online […]
Vietnam may be exploring new ways to boost its tourism industry and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. One of those is the addition of casinos at five-star hotels in Ho Chi Minh City, as proposed by the People’s Committee of Vietnam. Local activists and lawmakers have already pitched the idea to the National Assembly and […]
Vietnam has become the latest Asian country to ease up on its COVID-19 measures in a bid to bring in international travelers and restart its land-based gambling industry. The country is now dismantling its border restrictions introduced due to the pandemic and will seek to court travelers, tourists, and gamblers back. Vietnam Removes COVID-19 Restrictions […]
Asian countries generally take a dim view of gambling when it involves their own citizens playing games of chance. However, attitudes may be changing slightly as the global pandemic has bitten in tourism revenue and new sources of income are sorely needed. As a result, Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance has suggested that its pilot program […]
