{"id":777028420,"date":"2025-06-30T07:53:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T10:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777028420"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:27:37","slug":"vietnam-greenlights-us2bn-van-don-casino-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-greenlights-us2bn-van-don-casino-project","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam greenlights US$2bn Van Don casino investment policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The casino complex would be located in the northeastern province of Qu\u1ea3ng Ninh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Vietnam.- Deputy prime minister Tran Hong Ha has announced investment policy approval for the US$2.16bn <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-ministry-of-finance-requests-approval-for-us2bn-casino-complex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">V\u00e2n \u0110\u1ed3n casino project<\/a>. The resort would be located on 244 hectares of land in V\u1ea1n Y\u00ean Commune, V\u00e2n \u0110\u1ed3n District, in the northeastern province of Qu\u1ea3ng Ninh. Construction is expected take up to nine years from when land is allocated, and the casino could operate for up to 70 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local media outlet VnExpress reported that Hong Ha granted investment policy approval under Decision No. 1395. Casino operations and any pilot allowing Vietnamese citizens to gamble would only be permitted once \u201call legal conditions are met\u201d. The Ministry of Finance previously resubmitted a proposal seeking to include local players under the existing pilot, but clearance has yet to be given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The resort is expected to feature a casino, hotels, villa-style accommodation and water-based attractions. A portion of the land has been designated for forest conservation. The Ministry of Finance said the development would contribute about VND228.928tn (US$9.67bn) to the country\u2019s economy, including corporate income and value-added taxes. <br><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/macau-casinos-shut-down-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-dsal-starts-contacting-satellite-casino-workers-ahead-of-closure'>Macau DSAL starts contacting satellite casino workers ahead of closures<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The casino complex would be located in the northeastern province of Qu\u1ea3ng Ninh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":15280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has granted investment policy approval for the US$2.16bn V\u00e2n \u0110\u1ed3n integrated resort and casino project in Qu\u1ea3ng Ninh province. The development, spanning 244 hectares, is projected to contribute US$9.67bn to the national economy through corporate income and value-added taxes. Crucially, local player access remains contingent upon meeting all legal conditions, a key regulatory hurdle.","focusai_entities":"Tran Hong Ha, Ministry of Finance, VnExpress","focusai_location":"Vietnam, Qu\u1ea3ng Ninh, V\u00e2n \u0110\u1ed3n, V\u1ea1n Y\u00ean Commune","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Local Player Access","query":"What specific \"legal conditions\" must be met for Vietnamese citizens to be permitted to gamble at the V\u00e2n \u0110\u1ed3n casino, and what is the anticipated timeline for such regulatory clarity?"},{"label":"Developer Identity","query":"Which specific entity or consortium has been granted the investment policy approval for the V\u00e2n \u0110\u1ed3n project, and what is their track record in integrated resort development?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16333],"tags":[29,24619,94],"class_list":["post-777028420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-finance","tag-vietnam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028420","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777028420"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777028455,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028420\/revisions\/777028455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777028420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777028420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777028420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}