{"id":15333,"date":"2021-03-01T15:29:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T15:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15333"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:28:38","slug":"vietnam-casinos-ask-government-to-let-locals-gamble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-casinos-ask-government-to-let-locals-gamble","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam: casinos ask government to let locals gamble"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vietnamese citizens are allowed to enter only two casinos and must pass strict criteria in order to do so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Vietnam.- Operators in Vietnam have asked the government to ease the rules on locals entering casinos <\/strong>in order to boost revenue lost as a result of travel restrictions<\/a><\/em><\/strong> imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group of casino owners has launched a petition<\/strong> calling on authorities allow Vietnamese citizens to enter casinos<\/strong> in major tourism destinations such as Quang Nam and Ba Ria-Vung Tau.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The casinos normally depend on foreign gamblers, meaning that revenues have plummeted<\/strong> due to ongoing restrictions on entry to the country from abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tight restrictions on Vietnamese gamblers <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At present, citizens are only permitted to enter into two casinos:<\/strong> one on the southern island of Phu Quoc and the other in Van Don in the northern province of Quang Ninh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government has tight restrictions in place on who can enter the properties: they must be aged over 21 and earn a minimum of VND$10m (US$430) a month<\/strong>. Players must also have no criminal record or objections from their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High entry fees also act as a deterrent, with a day pass costing VND$1m (US$43) <\/strong>and a monthly pass VND$25m (US$1,000).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance\u00a0is looking to amend the decree that regulates gaming to<\/strong> facilitate more investment<\/a><\/em><\/strong> in Vietnam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vietnamese citizens are allowed to enter only two casinos and must pass strict criteria in order to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Vietnamese casino operators are petitioning the government to relax stringent local entry requirements, citing significant revenue declines due to the absence of foreign tourism amidst COVID-19 travel restrictions. Currently, only two designated casinos permit local citizens under strict eligibility criteria and high entry fees, which operators argue are unsustainable. Concurrently, the Ministry of Finance is reviewing gaming decrees to foster increased investment in the sector.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Finance","focusai_location":"Vietnam, Phu Quoc, Van Don, Quang Ninh, Quang Nam, Ba Ria-Vung Tau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Uplift & Licensing Impact?","query":"What is the projected GGR uplift for Vietnamese casinos if the proposed local entry restrictions are significantly eased, and how would this impact the current B2C licensing framework?"},{"label":"Socio-Economic & Compliance Implications?","query":"Beyond revenue generation, what are the broader socio-economic and regulatory compliance implications of expanding domestic market access for Vietnamese citizens, particularly concerning responsible gambling and AML protocols?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,163,154,158,16333],"tags":[229,23632,23907],"class_list":["post-15333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-finance-news","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-integrated-resorts","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15333"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15355,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15333\/revisions\/15355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}