{"id":22381,"date":"2021-09-07T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=22381"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:56:00","slug":"vietnam-looks-to-expand-football-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-looks-to-expand-football-betting","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam looks to expand football betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Ministry of Finance in Vietnam wants to expand football betting in the country by allowing gamblers to bet on other international tournaments, not only FIFA matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Vietnam.- Authorities in Vietnam are seeking to<strong>\u00a0expand football betting through a new decree<\/strong>\u00a0that could allow fans to bet on 27 international tournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the current betting regulations, introduced in 2017,\u00a0<strong>gamblers are only allowed to bet on international football matches<\/strong>\u00a0and tournaments run by FIFA. <strong>The Ministry of Finance says that hasn&#8217;t attracted bookmakers<\/strong>\u00a0as there are few official FIFA-run tournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its new proposal would allow\u00a0<strong>gamblers to bet on 27 competitions, including European leagues<\/strong>, the Uefa Championship and Champions League, the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup, and the Copa America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new decree will, however, maintain a betting limit of VND10,000 per bet and VND1m per day and <strong>bettors will still need to be aged 21 or over<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vietnam extends permission for economically qualified locals to gamble<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In June, the Ministry of Finance proposed an extension of the scheme that allows\u00a0<strong>Vietnamese citizens\u00a0<\/strong>to gamble at selected casinos until 2024. At present,\u00a0<strong>Vietnamese citizens are only permitted to enter two casinos:<\/strong>\u00a0one 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<p>The government has tight restrictions on who can enter the properties:&nbsp;<strong>players must be aged over 21 and earn a minimum of VND$10m (US$430) a month<\/strong>. Players must also have no criminal record and no objections from their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>scheme was to be reviewed next year,&nbsp;<\/strong>but the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lack of tourism has led authorities to extend the permission on locals\u2019 access to casinos until 2024. The proposal must be reviewed by the country\u2019s prime minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-casinos-ask-government-to-let-locals-gamble\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">casino operators<\/a>&nbsp;asked the government to expand&nbsp;<strong>Vietnamese citizens\u2019 access to casinos<\/strong>&nbsp;in major tourist destinations such as&nbsp;<strong>Quang Nam and Ba Ria-Vung Tau<\/strong>&nbsp;to help casinos face the loss of revenue from tourists owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-casinos-request-to-expand-locals-access-goes-unheard\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the government<\/a>&nbsp;has stated the current scheme won\u2019t be expanded to other casino operators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Finance in Vietnam wants to expand football betting in the country by allowing gamblers to bet on other international tournaments, not only FIFA matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":22401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Vietnam's Ministry of Finance proposes expanding regulated football betting to include 27 international tournaments beyond FIFA-only events, aiming to attract more bookmakers while maintaining existing betting limits and age restrictions. Concurrently, the government has extended the pilot scheme allowing qualified local citizens to access two specific casinos until 2024, citing COVID-19's impact on tourism, but has declined to expand this access to other casino operators.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Finance, FIFA, UEFA, AFC","focusai_location":"Vietnam, Phu Quoc, Van Don, Quang Ninh, Quang Nam, Ba Ria-Vung Tau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Betting Market Growth?","query":"What is the projected GGR uplift for the Vietnamese regulated sports betting market following the inclusion of 27 new international tournaments, considering the existing betting limits?"},{"label":"Casino Access Impact?","query":"How will the continued restriction of local casino access to only two venues, despite the scheme's extension, impact the competitive landscape and revenue recovery for other land-based operators in Vietnam?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[158,16333,155],"tags":[233,23935],"class_list":["post-22381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","category-sports-betting-news","tag-sports-betting","tag-sportsbook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22381","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22406,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22381\/revisions\/22406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}