{"id":777004762,"date":"2023-04-28T13:59:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T16:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777004762"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:25:45","slug":"lottery-sales-in-southern-vietnam-hit-us1-5bn-in-q1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/lottery-sales-in-southern-vietnam-hit-us1-5bn-in-q1","title":{"rendered":"Lottery sales in Southern Vietnam hit US$1.5bn in Q1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lottery sales rose by 22 per cent in year-on-year terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Vietnam.- Lottery companies in <strong>Southern Vietnam<\/strong> have reported sales of VND35tn (US$1.5bn) for the first quarter of the year. That&#8217;s an increase of<strong> 22 per cent increase <\/strong>when compared to last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Southern Lottery Council, led by the general manager of HCMC Lottery Company\u00a0<strong>Do Quang Vinh<\/strong>, attributed the growth to the Ministry of Finance&#8217;s approval of increased sales. According to VN Express, of the 21 lottery companies in the region, <strong>14 reported selling 100 per cent of their tickets<\/strong> in the provinces Soc Trang, Ben Tre, Bac Lieu, Tay Ninh and An Giang. These sales resulted in a total payout of VND17tn in prize money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The contributions of lottery sales aid the finances of local provinces.<strong>\u00a0Tran Van Lau<\/strong>, chairman of the Soc Trang People&#8217;s Committee, said the lottery has brought in VND1.6tn in 2022 and VND750bn so far this year, making up 50 per cent of total revenues.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lottery sales rose by 22 per cent in year-on-year terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":13024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Southern Vietnamese lottery companies reported VND35tn (US$1.5bn) in Q1 sales, a 22% year-on-year increase, primarily driven by Ministry of Finance approvals for expanded sales. This robust performance saw 14 of 21 regional operators achieve 100% ticket sell-through in key provinces. Lottery contributions are a significant revenue stream for local provinces, with Soc Trang reporting it constitutes 50% of its total revenues.","focusai_entities":"Southern Lottery Council, HCMC Lottery Company, Do Quang Vinh, Ministry of Finance, Tran Van Lau, Soc Trang People\u2019s Committee","focusai_location":"Vietnam, Soc Trang, Ben Tre, Bac Lieu, Tay Ninh, An Giang","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact on Growth","query":"What specific regulatory adjustments by the Ministry of Finance facilitated the 22% year-on-year GGR increase, and what are the projected long-term impacts on market saturation and provincial revenue dependency?"},{"label":"Operator Performance Metrics","query":"Beyond 100% ticket sell-through, what are the underlying operational efficiencies and distribution strategies employed by the top-performing lottery companies in Southern Vietnam that contributed to this robust growth?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,16333],"tags":[3573],"class_list":["post-777004762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004762","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=777004762"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777004783,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004762\/revisions\/777004783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777004762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777004762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777004762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}