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Vietnam occupies the eastern and southern part of the
Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia, with the South China Sea along its
entire coast. China is to the north and Laos and Cambodia are to the west. Long
and narrow on a north-south axis. The Mekong River delta lies in the south.
 Vietnam PM Orders Halt to Gambling at
Silvershore
DA NANG, Vietnam (June 28, 2010) - The Prime
Minister has asked the Da Nang People's Committee to instruct Silvershore
– Hoang Dat International Travel and Leisure Joint Venture to temporarily
suspend its business activities.........Subscribers
HCM City Police Bust
Illegal ‘so de’ State Lottery Betting Ring
Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam (June 14, 2010) – News sources report that
HCM city police have arrested 12 people allegedly involved in running a large
‘so de’ ring, an illegal venture that asks people to place
bets on the last two numbers of the State lottery draw................Subscribers
Ex-Lottery Officials
Face Charges For Mismanagement
VIETNAM (May 11, 2010)
– A news website reported Police in Binh Duong Province have suggested
that two former officials from the province lottery company be brought to trial
for wastefully spending US$10 billion (US$525,000) in state
funds....................Subscribers
Vietnam Says Berjaya’s
Lottery Proposal is Under Consideration
HANOI, Vietnam (February
10, 2010) - Vietnam is considering a lottery project proposed by
Malaysia’s Berjaya Corp., according to Ngo Van Tuan, director general of
the Ministry of Finance’s department for banking and financial
institutions and local news service..............Subscribers
Police Probe Binh Duong
Lottery Company
VIETNAM (May 15, 2009) -- Binh Duong
police have begun investigating long-standing allegations of fraud at a lottery
enterprise following a request by inspectors of the southern
province........................Subscribers
Vietnam Government Considers Allowing Gambling Under Certain
Conditions
HANOI, Vietnam (July 24, 2008) -- Nguyen Ngoc
Anh, deputy head of the Ministry of Finance’s Department of Banking and
Financial Institutions, spoke to Dau Tu (Vietnam Investment Review) newspaper
about legalised gambling...............Subscribers
Pacific Lottery Corporation Expands Delivery and Installation
of Its Next Generation Computerized On-line Lottery Technology in
Vietnam
CALGARY, Alberta, Canada (July 2, 2008) - Pacific
Lottery Corporation is pleased to announce that it has reached the midpoint of
its scheduled implementation program and is continuing to rapidly expand the
delivery and installation of its On-line Lottery and Terminal technology to
State authorised lottery retailers............Subscribers
Illegal Lottery Trial
Ends With Jail Terms
VIETNAM (February 1, 2008) -- A Can
Tho City’s district court on Friday imposed prison sentences on the
leaders of a lottery syndicate, as the city’s biggest-ever illegal lottery
trial concluded.............Subscribers
Vietnam Considering
Legalizing Different Forms Of Gambling
HANOI, Vietnam
(December 31, 2007) -- Vietnam is considering the possibility of legalizing
different forms of gambling to better manage the activities and get bigger
funds...............Subscribers
Taiwan-Backed Vietnam
Casino to IPO by Month End
VIETNAM (July 24, 2007) -- The
Taiwan-backed operator of Vietnam's biggest casino said it will list its shares
on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, raising more than US$100 million, by the end
of July, slightly earlier than expected.......................Subscribers
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