The Corona Casino in Vietnam’s Phu Quoc, which was permitted to admit local patrons as part of a pilot program initiated in 2019 just before the COVID-19 pandemic, will no longer do so from January 1. In an announcement on its website the Casino has posited that this will be only temporary though its not clear why that may be the case.
Of note, this has not been covered by the local press though it’s not immediately clear why and coverage in the international press is limited.
It is, however, newsworthy in that Vietnam has been toying with the idea of legalised gambling for a few years now with illegal gambling rife and the tax gains made from legalising the practice likely to be huge.
See also: Gambling in Vietnam: Industry Overview