{"id":29439,"date":"2022-04-29T11:13:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T14:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=29439"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:08:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:08:49","slug":"vietnam-receives-91000-international-visitors-in-q1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-receives-91000-international-visitors-in-q1","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam receives 91,000 international visitors in Q1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of tourists arriving in the country in March was up by 41 per cent month-on-month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vietnam.- Vietnam received 91,000 international visitors in Q1, an increase of <strong>89.1 per cent<\/strong> year-on-year. According to General Statistics Office figures cited by Vietnamnet, arrivals in March were 41 per cent month-on-month and up 220 per cent year-on-year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vietnam fully <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-reopens-borders-to-foreign-visitors\" target=\"_blank\">reopened its borders<\/a> on March 15, an announcement that was welcomed by Vietnamese casinos as the government has tight restrictions on locals entering casinos.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March, the Ministry of Finance proposed expanding the scheme that\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-may-allow-locals-to-gamble-at-two-planned-casinos\" target=\"_blank\">allows qualifying Vietnamese citizens to gamble<\/a>\u00a0to cover\u00a0<strong>two future casinos<\/strong>. Currently, locals may only gamble at two existing casinos in the country under a scheme that was last year extended by the Ministry of Finance\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-locals-access-to-casinos-to-be-extended-until-2024\" target=\"_blank\">until 2024<\/a>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vietnam\u2019s Ministry of Finance had previously said these two projects&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnams-ministry-of-finance-backs-two-casino-projects\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">could potentially foster tourism growth<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of tourists arriving in the country in March was up by 41 per cent month-on-month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"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 tourism sector is experiencing a significant rebound post-border reopening, with international arrivals sharply increasing. This recovery is critical for Vietnamese casinos, which are heavily reliant on foreign visitation due to strict local gambling restrictions. Concurrently, the Ministry of Finance is considering expanding the domestic gambling scheme to include two prospective casino projects, signaling potential shifts in market access and revenue streams for operators.","focusai_entities":"General Statistics Office, Vietnamnet, Ministry of Finance","focusai_location":"Vietnam","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Local Gambling Scheme Impact","query":"What is the projected GGR uplift for existing and proposed Vietnamese casinos if the Ministry of Finance's local gambling scheme expansion is fully implemented, considering current visitation trends?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"How might the proposed expansion of local gambling access influence the broader regulatory compliance and governance frameworks for iGaming operators in Vietnam, particularly concerning responsible gambling mandates?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-social-news","category-south-east-asia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29439","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=29439"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29444,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29439\/revisions\/29444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}