The arrests in Binh Duong comprise 12 foreigners and six Vietnamese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Vietnam.- Officials in Binh Duong, Vietnam have arrested\u00a012 foreigners and six Vietnamese<\/strong>\u00a0citizens for alleged illegal gambling. The police raided a residence in Thuan An’s Viet Sing residential area. They seized VND382m (US$16,150), US$700 and 27,000 Taiwanese Dollars (US$863)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Authorities are now working to determine the nationalities of the foreigners involved, many of whom were employed locally. According to VN Express, those arrested operated frequently changed their gambling locations and schedules.<\/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). 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The arrests in Binh Duong comprise 12 foreigners and six Vietnamese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16869,"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 authorities in Binh Duong have arrested 18 individuals, including 12 foreigners, for operating an illegal gambling enterprise, seizing significant cash assets. This enforcement action underscores Vietnam's stringent regulatory stance against unauthorized gaming activities, where online gambling and most land-based operations remain prohibited.","focusai_entities":"","focusai_location":"Vietnam, Binh Duong, Thuan An, Phu Quoc, Van Don, Quang Ninh","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.7), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Vietnam Regulatory Enforcement","query":"What are the broader implications of this enforcement action for the future of regulated iGaming market development or expansion within Vietnam, particularly concerning B2B\/B2C licensing frameworks?"},{"label":"Illicit Market Impact","query":"How do such high-profile arrests of illegal operators impact the estimated gross gaming revenue (GGR) leakage from the nascent regulated market in Vietnam, and what further measures are regulators considering?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777007083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007083","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=777007083"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777007098,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007083\/revisions\/777007098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777007083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777007083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777007083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}