{"id":777002384,"date":"2023-02-14T14:41:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T17:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777002384"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:38:59","slug":"vietnam-da-lat-city-considers-allowing-casinos-to-boost-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-da-lat-city-considers-allowing-casinos-to-boost-tourism","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam: Da Lat City considers allowing casinos to boost tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A proposal to build a casino and night market in the Lam Dong province is being considered by local authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Vietnam.- Da Lat City <\/strong>in Lam Dong province, in Vietnam’s central highlands region, is reportedly considering allowing casinos to boost tourism. It would join the provinces of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Quang Nam and Phu Quoc Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not clear if the proposal from local authorities would allow locals to gamble. The Vietnam government’s pilot scheme<\/a> allowing locals to gamble at selected properties has been extended to 2025., but the only casino currently allowing local players is the Corona Resort & Casino<\/a> in Phu Quoc. According to reports, between 2019 and 2021, the casino served approximately 240,560 patrons, 65 per cent of whom were Vietnamese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A second casino \u2013 a property under construction in Van Don, in northern Vietnam \u2013 is due to be included in the pilot programme, but in October, the project had reportedly not received investment approval. There have also been proposals to expand the scheme to cover two future casinos<\/a> <\/strong>in Da Nang and Khanh Hoa provinces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government has tight restrictions on who can enter the properties: 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A proposal to build a casino and night market in the Lam Dong province is being considered by local authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A proposal to develop a casino and night market in Vietnam's Lam Dong province is under local authority consideration, aiming to bolster tourism. This initiative aligns with the government's pilot scheme, extended to 2025, which selectively permits local citizens to gamble, though it remains uncertain if the Lam Dong project will include this provision. The expansion reflects a broader governmental strategy to leverage integrated resorts for economic development, subject to stringent player eligibility criteria.","focusai_entities":"Corona Resort & Casino","focusai_location":"Vietnam, Lam Dong province, Da Lat City, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Quang Nam, Phu Quoc Island, Van Don, Da Nang, Khanh Hoa provinces","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Local Player Scheme Impact?","query":"What is the projected GGR uplift for the Vietnamese casino market if the local player pilot scheme is broadly expanded to all new integrated resort developments, and how would this impact NGR for operators?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution?","query":"How might the Vietnamese government's governance frameworks evolve to support broader B2C licensing for local players, and what specific regulatory compliance challenges would this present for new market entrants?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16333],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-777002384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002384","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=777002384"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777002421,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002384\/revisions\/777002421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777002384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777002384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777002384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}