General Secretary of the Communist Part of Việt Nam Nguyễn Phú Trọng recently signed the Party’s Decision No.37 on the updated list of 19 forbidden acts for Party members.

The Việt Nam Association of Foreign Investment Enterprises (VAFIE) has proposed the Government to encourage development of casino business and gambling activities in hotels and resorts for attacting more foreign tourists.

The People’s Court of northern Phú Thọ Province yesterday sentenced Đặng Anh Tuấn, former chief inspector of the Ministry of Information and Communications, to 34 months of non-custodial rehabilitation  for his involvement in an online gambling ring.

Việt Nam Investigation Agency has decided to launch legal proceedings against 13 defendants for their alleged involvement in a major gambling ring, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

The People's Procuracy of northern Phú Thọ Province has required to confiscate more than VNĐ372 billion (US15.9 million) that three mobile operators had earned from the recent massive online gambling ring.

 As reliance on information technology becomes ever more pervasive in society, cyber crime has grown rapidly both in quantity and sophistication in Việt Nam, experts say.

The case file on a massive police-backed online gambling ring worth VNĐ 9.8 trillion (US$426.3 million), involving high-ranking police officials has been completed and submitted to the court, the criminal investigation unit of Phú Thọ Province said on July 18.

Ministry of Public Security on Monday issued an international warrant on Vũ Hoàng Oanh, 61 years old from northern Hải Phòng City on charges of illegal drug trafficking.

The Supreme People's Procuracy said on Tuesday that it had issued an indictment against 49 accused of being involved in a gambling ring via the cmd368.com website.