While newly-issued decrees for business in prize-winning electronic games for non-nationals in Vietnam is expected to bring better management in the sector, some outstanding issues are been reflected on.

As many as 56 businesses in Vietnam are licensed to provide prize-winning games at 63 hotels and nine casino businesses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has been asked to allow foreign cruise ships to keep their casinos open during their stopovers in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 21-year-old Vietnamese would be old enough to play at domestic casinos, under a draft decree on casino management from the Ministry of Finance (MOF).

 A government draft regulation on casinos continues the ban on gambling for Vietnamese citizens and places tight controls on investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Casinos would surely bring hefty revenues. But Vietnam should have, at most, two casinos, say experts. That said, they also agree that the casinos should be open to all, including Vietnamese.

Undaunted investors are pushing ahead with their casino projects, notwithstanding the chilly reception they’ve encountered, nor their awareness that casino doors, once open, will have to bar the largest segment of the population – native Vietnamese.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese government may allow Vietnamese to enter a casino planned in the special economic zone of Van Don, signaling that it is considering whether such gaming in Vietnam should be opened to more than just foreigners.