{"id":777036325,"date":"2025-12-19T09:36:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777036325"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:48:27","slug":"sun-group-breaks-ground-on-us2bn-van-don-casino-resort-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sun-group-breaks-ground-on-us2bn-van-don-casino-resort-project","title":{"rendered":"Sun Group breaks ground on US$2bn Van Don Casino Resort project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The complex will be the first large-scale resort in Northern Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Vietnam.- Sun Group has broken ground on its <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sun-group-selected-as-the-official-investor-for-us2bn-casino-project-in-van-don-vietnam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">US$2bn casino and resort complex<\/a> in Quang Ninh province. The 244-hectare development is intended to be a modern \u201cresort city\u201d that integrates tourism, accommodation, entertainment, commercial and leisure aimed at both international and domestic visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first phase will include a Marriott-branded hotel complex with thousands of rooms, beachfront resort villas, commercial shopping zones and service and entertainment amenities. A network of pedestrian boulevards and plazas underlines the project\u2019s \u201cArt in Landscape\u201d design philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under government policy, the casino <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnams-grand-ho-tram-and-van-don-may-allow-casino-access-for-locals-on-pilot-programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allow accept Vietnamese citizens<\/a> on a pilot basis. The casino is slated to open in 2028, with full completion of the resort expected by the <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sun-groups-2bn-van-don-casino-resort-set-for-full-launch-by-mid-2032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fourth quarter of 2034<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/casino-van-don16-900x503.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777036327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/casino-van-don16-900x503.jpg 900w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/casino-van-don16.jpg 1542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nguyen Thai Hoai Anh, deputy general director of Sun Group shared: \u201cSun Group is honoured to be entrusted by the Government and Quang Ninh Province to implement this strategically significant project. With the orientation toward developing a world-class resort city, together with the pilot policy allowing Vietnamese citizens to participate in gaming entertainment, we expect the project to contribute to the formation of a new, well-regulated, and sustainable service sector.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMore importantly, it will serve as a driving force helping Van Don move closer to its goal of becoming a modern marine economic zone and a regional-scale tourism and entertainment hub, delivering long-term value to the community and the local economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project is located within the Van Don Economic Zone, primarily on forested land bordering the sea. The casino will feature 214 gaming tables and 2,140 slot machines. The project has a\u00a0licence term of up to 70 years\u00a0and is projected to generate over VND228trn (US$9.6bn) in contributions to Quang Ninh\u2019s economy while\u00a0creating around 6,000 jobs.<\/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\/photo-1517232115160-ff93364542dd-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\/vietnams-grand-ho-tram-will-allow-casino-access-for-locals-on-pilot-programme'>Two more casinos in Vietnam to accept local players while Corona Resort gets permanent OK<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The complex will be the first large-scale resort in Northern Vietnam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777036328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Sun Group has commenced development of a US$2bn integrated casino and resort complex in Vietnam's Quang Ninh province, with the casino slated for a 2028 opening and full resort completion by 2034. This 244-hectare project, featuring 214 gaming tables and 2,140 slot machines, operates under a pilot policy allowing Vietnamese citizens to gamble. The development is projected to contribute US$9.6bn to the local economy and create 6,000 jobs, establishing a new, regulated service sector within the Van Don Economic Zone.","focusai_entities":"Sun Group, Marriott, Nguyen Thai Hoai Anh, Government of Vietnam, Quang Ninh Province, Corona Resort","focusai_location":"Vietnam, Quang Ninh province, Van Don Economic Zone","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact of Local Access","query":"What are the projected GGR and NGR implications of allowing Vietnamese citizens to gamble on a pilot basis, and how might this policy evolve to influence future market expansion?"},{"label":"ROI & Competitive Landscape","query":"Given the US$2bn investment and 70-year license, what is Sun Group's anticipated return on investment, and how will this integrated resort alter the competitive landscape for other operators in the Southeast Asian iGaming market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,24628,158,16333],"tags":[29,2131,94],"class_list":["post-777036325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-highlight-of-the-week","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-resort","tag-vietnam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036325","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=777036325"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777036352,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036325\/revisions\/777036352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777036328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777036325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777036325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777036325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}