{"id":31475,"date":"2022-07-06T05:28:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T08:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=31475"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:07:00","slug":"vietnam-could-see-two-new-foreigner-only-casinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-could-see-two-new-foreigner-only-casinos","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam could see two new foreigner-only casinos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Da Nang City and Khanh Hoa Province\u00a0have applied for licences for new casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Vietnam.-\u00a0<strong>Da Nang City <\/strong>and <strong>Khanh Hoa Province\u00a0<\/strong>have submitted proposals to license two new only-foreigner casinos. Vietnam\u2019s Ministry of Finance has backed the projects arguing they could foster tourism growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the proposals, the casinos would be built on the Sun World Ba Na Hills in Da Nang City and Hon Tre Island in Khanh Hoa Province. Da Nang City does not yet have a large casino, while Khanh Hoa already has permission to develop a casino and resort complex at KN Paradise in Cam Ranh. That&#8217;s currently under construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are currently nine casinos in Vietnam, but Vietnamese citizens are only permitted to enter one casino on the southern island of Phu Quoc and one in Van Don, in the northern province of Quang Ninh. In June 2021, the ministry proposed an extension of the scheme that allows\u00a0<strong>Vietnamese citizens\u00a0<\/strong>to gamble at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-locals-access-to-casinos-to-be-extended-until-2024\" target=\"_blank\">selected casinos until 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last 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 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, authorities rejected the petition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Da Nang City and Khanh Hoa Province\u00a0have applied for licences for new casinos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Da Nang City and Khanh Hoa Province have submitted proposals for two new foreigner-only casino licenses, with the Ministry of Finance endorsing these projects to stimulate tourism growth. These developments, slated for Sun World Ba Na Hills and Hon Tre Island, signify Vietnam's strategic expansion within its gaming vertical, primarily targeting international visitation. The article also highlights the persistent regulatory stance on restricted domestic citizen access, despite industry appeals for broader market participation.","focusai_entities":"Vietnam\u2019s Ministry of Finance, Sun World Ba Na Hills, KN Paradise","focusai_location":"Vietnam, Da Nang City, Khanh Hoa Province, Phu Quoc, Van Don, Quang Ninh, Cam Ranh, Quang Nam, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Hon Tre Island","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR & Tourism Impact?","query":"What is the projected incremental Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) contribution from these proposed foreigner-only casinos, and how does this align with Vietnam's broader tourism development objectives and capital investment strategies?"},{"label":"Regulatory Access Evolution?","query":"Given the Ministry of Finance's endorsement of these projects and the continued restriction on broader domestic access, what are the long-term prospects for an evolution of the regulatory framework concerning Vietnamese citizen entry into integrated resorts?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,158,16333],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-31475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31475","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=31475"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31487,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31475\/revisions\/31487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}