Vietnam moves to relax gambling policy

After seven years of waiting, Vietnamese residents are one step closer toward the glitzy sights and sounds of casino gambling.

The Lottery and Gambling Division of Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced on Monday that it submitted a long-awaited draft decree, which will allow Vietnamese residents to gamble in casinos for the first time.

Under the existing rules, casino entry is limited to foreigners and overseas Vietnamese or Viet Kieu.

“We hope that this will be the last draft, already we have seen a lot of revisions before its submission in June,” Nguyen Huy Dat, deputy director of the (MoF Lottery and Gambling Division, told the Vietnam Investment Review.