{"id":777011217,"date":"2023-11-17T07:06:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T10:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777011217"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:28:32","slug":"vietnam-ho-tram-casino-resort-opening-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-ho-tram-casino-resort-opening-postponed","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam: Ho Tram casino resort opening postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s the 11th time the project has been delayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Vietnam.- The opening of Ho Tram casino resort in Vietnam has been pushed back to 2027. Its the 11th delay for the US$4.23bn project in southern Vietnam. Initially granted a permit in 2008, the Ho Tram Project Company envisioned a development featuring a casino, a five-star hotel with 9,000 rooms, an 18-hole golf course, villas and a shopping area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to VN Express, the company attributes delays to the enduring impacts of Covid-19, insufficient transport infrastructure connecting Ho Chi Minh City and Ba Ria, Vung Tau Province, the development site and bureaucratic challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of June, the developer has spent US$1.3bn, representing 30.9 per cent of the total cost, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. At present,\u00a0Vietnamese citizens are only permitted to enter two casinos:\u00a0one on the southern island of Phu Quoc and the other in Van Don, in the northern province of Quang Ninh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-to-inspect-casinos-after-reports-of-illegal-activities\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vietnam to inspect casinos after reports of illegal activities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the 11th time the project has been delayed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":9381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Ho Tram casino resort in Vietnam has experienced its eleventh delay, pushing its opening to 2027. This US$4.23bn integrated resort project, initially permitted in 2008, faces setbacks attributed to COVID-19 impacts, inadequate transport infrastructure, and bureaucratic hurdles, despite US$1.3bn already invested. The protracted timeline highlights significant operational and regulatory challenges within Vietnam's nascent casino market.","focusai_entities":"Ho Tram Project Company, Ministry of Planning and Investment","focusai_location":"Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Ba Ria, Vung Tau Province, Phu Quoc, Van Don, Quang Ninh","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Ho Tram Project Viability?","query":"What specific governance framework adjustments or infrastructure commitments are required from the Vietnamese government to mitigate further delays and ensure the Ho Tram Project's long-term viability and operational launch?"},{"label":"Investment Risk Assessment?","query":"How do the repeated delays and significant capital expenditure (US$1.3bn) without operational revenue impact the current valuation and risk assessment for investors considering integrated resort developments in emerging Asian markets?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16333],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-777011217","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\/777011217","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=777011217"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040940,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011217\/revisions\/777040940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777011217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777011217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777011217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}