title: Socialist Republic of Vietnam — Overview: What kind of market is this? | advennt.io canonical: https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/vietnam/overview/ [Jurisdictions](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/) [Socialist Republic of Vietnam](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/vietnam/) Overview Socialist Republic of Vietnam · Question 01 of 11 # Overview: What kind of market is this? Unfavourable · Confirmed · AI-generated · [Back to full Socialist Republic of Vietnam report →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/vietnam/) Key section parameters | Jurisdiction | Socialist Republic of Vietnam (VN) | |---|---| | Regulator | Recorded in register | | Favourability | Unfavourable | | Confidence | Confirmed | | Review status | AI-generated | | Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 | Summary answer Vietnam continues to operate a fragmented, decree-based gambling regime with no unified gaming law, split across the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Public Security, and Ministry of Information and Communications. This cycle's dominant signal is Resolution 8/2025/NQ-CP expanding local-resident casi… ### Key headwinds & conditions - Criminal prohibition with active prosecution - No private online licensing pathway - Payment and ISP interdiction ## Full section analysis Vietnam continues to operate a fragmented, decree-based gambling regime with no unified gaming law, split across the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Public Security, and Ministry of Information and Communications. This cycle's dominant signal is Resolution 8/2025/NQ-CP expanding local-resident casino access to three pilot resorts -- Corona Phu Quoc, Grand Ho Tram, and Van Don -- reversing the suspension that had applied to Phu Quoc since January 2025. Running alongside this liberalising move, Decree 147/2024/ND-CP tightens internet and online-gaming controls through mandatory data localisation and identity verification. Casino gambling for foreigners, a narrow pilot sports-betting vertical, and the Vietlott state lottery monopoly remain the only permitted gambling activity classes; online gambling remains prohibited across all channels for Vietnamese citizens.