Allow Vietnamese to play casinos in Phu Quoc, Ho Tram and Van Don

According to the Resolution, the Government allows qualified Vietnamese people to play casino at the Phu Quoc casino project ( An Giang province) from November 26.

At the same time, the pilot allows qualified Vietnamese people to play casino at the Ho Tram casino project (HCMC) for a period of 5 years from November 26; the pilot allows qualified Vietnamese people to play casino at the Van Don casino project ( Quang Ninh province) for a period of 5 years from the date of issuance of the Certificate of eligibility for casino business.

Vietnamese people are eligible to play casino games at casino projects in Phu Quoc, Ho Tram and Van Don.

The Resolution clearly states that the management of Vietnamese people who are qualified to play in casinos, do business and manage casino business activities at casino projects as prescribed above shall comply with the provisions of Decree No. 03/2017 of the Government on casino business or amendments, supplements and replacements (if any).

At the end of the pilot period, the Ho Tram and Van Don casino projects will stop allowing qualified Vietnamese people to enter the casino until there is a conclusion from the competent authority according to the law on casino business.

The Government requires businesses implementing casino projects to be responsible for organizing business and managing Vietnamese people who are qualified to play casinos, ensuring strict compliance with legal regulations on casino business.

This Resolution takes effect from November 26.

Previously, in 2016, the Politburo allowed Vietnamese people to play casinos in Phu Quoc and Van Don (pilot period is 3 years). However, at that time, only Phu Quoc Casino was in operation from January 2019. According to the provisions of Decree No. 03/2017, the pilot will be implemented until January 2022.

In 2022, the Ministry of Finance proposed to the Government and submitted to the Politburo permission to extend the pilot period by 2 years at Phu Quoc Casino until the end of 2024. The Ministry of Finance said that due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak affecting casino business, the pilot period was short and the results were not as expected.

In May 2024, the Politburo concluded that it agreed to extend the pilot period for Vietnamese people to play casinos until the end of 2024 for the project in Phu Quoc. For the project in Van Don, the pilot period for Vietnamese people to play casinos is 3 years from the date the project starts casino business.

To soon institutionalize the regulation on extending the pilot period for Vietnamese people to play at casino business locations, the Government issued Decree No. 145/2024 amending Clause 2, Article 12 of Decree No. 03/2017 regulating the pilot period allowing Vietnamese people to play at casino business locations as follows:

For the first casino business that is authorized by the competent authority to pilot allowing Vietnamese people to play in the casino, the pilot period will end on December 31, 2024.

For other casino businesses that are permitted by competent authorities to pilot allowing Vietnamese people to play in casinos (if any), the pilot period is 3 years from the date of issuance of the Certificate of eligibility to operate casinos.

Decree No. 145/2024 clearly states that, at the end of the pilot period specified above, enterprises implementing the pilot will stop allowing Vietnamese people to play in casinos until the Government issues a Decree on terminating or allowing Vietnamese people to play in casinos.

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