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According to the Vietnam National Cyber Security Technology Corp, 130 state websites and 170 educational portals link to illegal gambling sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Vietnam.- Vietnamese state and education websites are reportedly being used to promote illegal gambling. Vu Ngoc Son<\/strong>, the technology director of the Vietnam National Cyber Security Technology Corp, said 130 government websites and 170 education sites had links to illegal gambling offerings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The body conducted research after several agencies asked for help reviewing their sites. Users searching for keywords relating to betting and gambling on Google could find links with the government’s “gov.vn” domain and the “edu.vn” domain on the first pages of search results. Clicking on the links led to malicious websites that request full name and phone number to create an account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to VnExpress, experts warned that these domains are trusted and often attract many advertisements, making them an attractive target for illegal gambling websites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gambling in Vietnam is illegal outside a handful of venues<\/strong> and is punishable with fines of between VND100m and VND50m (US$430 to US$2,150) and three to seven years in prison. Vietnamese citizens are only allowed to enter two casinos: one on the southern island of Phu Quoc and the other in Van Don in the northern province of Quang Ninh. Online gambling and its advertising is prohibited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also:<\/strong> Study finds illegal gambling ads common on Facebook in Vietnam<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the Vietnam National Cyber Security Technology Corp, 130 state websites and 170 educational portals link to illegal gambling sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15491,"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 state and educational websites are being exploited to promote illegal gambling, with 130 government and 170 education sites found linking to illicit offerings. This widespread compromise leverages trusted domains to direct users to malicious gambling platforms, highlighting significant regulatory compliance and cybersecurity vulnerabilities within the Vietnamese digital infrastructure. The incident underscores the persistent challenge of enforcing online gambling prohibitions in a market where most forms of betting are illegal and strictly penalized.","focusai_entities":"Vietnam National Cyber Security Technology Corp, Vu Ngoc Son, VnExpress, Google, Facebook","focusai_location":"Vietnam, Phu Quoc, Van Don, Quang Ninh","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.9), tech_data (1.0), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"What specific measures will Vietnamese regulators implement to enhance enforcement against domain hijacking and illicit online gambling promotion, beyond current penalties?"},{"label":"Cybersecurity Framework Gaps?","query":"How will the Vietnam National Cyber Security Technology Corp address the systemic vulnerabilities that allowed widespread compromise of government and education domains for illegal gambling links?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777004328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004328","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=777004328"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777004347,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004328\/revisions\/777004347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777004328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777004328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777004328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}