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Vietnam.- Police have arrested 97 people, including 69 Chinese nationals, in raids on two alleged gambling clubs in the border province of Lao Cai. Officers say the Bridge Sports Club and Poker Khai Hoang were operated by two Chinese men<\/strong>, who partnered with a Vietnamese national. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On the second floor of the Royal Lao Cai Hotel, officers say they found Chinese nationals playing games such as Niu Niu, Baccarat, and Dragon Tiger. They seized Chinese currency and casino chips totalling approximately VND720bn (US$28.15m) along with 50 decks of playing cards, 30 computers, 12 monitors and 90 mobile phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n In Vietnam, most forms of gambling are illegal, with some exceptions such as state-run lotteries and trial casinos. In December, the Department of Broadcasting, Television, and Electronic Information under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) introduced Decree 147\/2024\/ND-CP, which bans casino-style and card-based games. The decree also includes changes for non-gambling games, requiring player verification via mobile phone numbers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Those arrested included 69 Chinese nationals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26706,"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 have arrested 97 individuals, including 69 Chinese nationals, in raids on two alleged illegal gambling clubs in Lao Cai province, seizing approximately US$28.15m in assets. This enforcement action follows the recent introduction of Decree 147\/2024\/ND-CP, which bans casino-style and card-based games and mandates player verification for non-gambling activities. The incident underscores Vietnam's stringent regulatory stance on gambling, with most forms remaining illegal.","focusai_entities":"Bridge Sports Club, Poker Khai Hoang, Royal Lao Cai Hotel, Ministry of Information and Communications, Department of Broadcasting, Television, and Electronic Information","focusai_location":"Vietnam, Lao Cai","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Vietnam Regulatory Impact","query":"What are the long-term implications of Decree 147\/2024\/ND-CP for potential B2B\/B2C licensing frameworks and the development of regulated gaming verticals in Vietnam?"},{"label":"Cross-Border Enforcement","query":"How will this enforcement action influence regional cooperation on AML and anti-gambling initiatives, particularly concerning cross-border operations involving Chinese nationals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777023881","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\/777023881","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=777023881"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777023881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777023904,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777023881\/revisions\/777023904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777023881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777023881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777023881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}