Strengthening prevention and combating activities related to gambling organization and gambling

The Directive clearly states that the Prime Minister requests ministries, agencies and localities, based on their functions and tasks, to continue to thoroughly grasp and seriously implement the Party and State's directives on crime prevention and control, ensuring security and order in general and crime prevention and control, and violations of the law related to gambling organization and gambling activities in particular;

Strengthening propaganda, dissemination of legal education, raising people's awareness in preventing and combating crimes and violations of the law related to gambling and gambling organization activities; vocational training, loan support... so that people have job opportunities suitable to their needs and abilities, increase income, reduce idle time;

Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, within the scope of their functions and tasks, shall preside over or coordinate the review, promulgate according to their authority or propose the development, amendment, supplementation and completion of legal provisions related to the prevention and combat of crimes and violations of the law related to gambling and gambling organization activities, especially in areas that are prone to arise or have loopholes for criminals to exploit.

The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Public Security to advise and propose to Steering Committee 138/CP to strengthen direction, inspection, urging, and guidance for ministries, branches, organizations, and localities to coordinate in preventing, combating, and handling crimes and violations of the law related to gambling and gambling organization activities; coordinate with agencies and localities to do a good job of social prevention, promote propaganda, disseminate methods, tricks, and harmful consequences, and raise awareness and responsibility for cadres, civil servants, public employees, employees, and people of all walks of life.

The Ministry of Public Security shall preside over and coordinate with ministries, branches and localities to identify loopholes and shortcomings in state management of security and order, and relevant legal documents that cause difficulties in preventing, combating, investigating and handling crimes and violations of the law related to gambling and gambling activities; promptly advise and propose solutions to overcome them. Designate focal units to coordinate in receiving and handling suspicious transactions related to gambling and gambling activities...

In addition, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Information and Communications to strengthen state management of online electronic games, strictly manage the appraisal of online electronic game scripts, and strictly handle individuals and organizations that take advantage of online electronic games to organize gambling and gamble for illegal profits;

Strengthen management of advertising content posted in newspapers, cyberspace, publications, integrated advertising on postal, telecommunications, and information technology products and services; prevent and delete articles, content, images, etc. of illegal advertising related to gambling and gambling organization activities, etc.

The State Bank of Vietnam is assigned to research, review, amend and supplement regulations to facilitate the development of non-cash payments, apply technology in developing banking products and services while ensuring security, safety and confidentiality in banking activities;

Direct credit institutions, foreign bank branches, and payment intermediary service providers to coordinate with units of the Ministry of Public Security, ministries and branches in preventing and combating crimes and violations of the law related to gambling and gambling activities quickly and promptly; strengthen screening and detection of suspicious transactions to take measures to handle and provide information to the Ministry of Public Security to serve the fight and handling; proactively screen, detect and coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to strictly handle acts of renting, leasing, borrowing, lending, buying and selling, opening bank accounts, e-wallets, etc.

The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Finance to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to strengthen the management, inspection and examination of businesses operating casinos, electronic games with prizes for foreigners, and betting on horse racing, dog racing and international football.

Coordinate with ministries and branches to study the necessity and feasibility of expanding the scope of subjects allowed to participate in some types of legal betting and new types of betting that can be legalized to meet the practical situation; coordinate with localities to strengthen the management of lottery business activities, not allowing subjects to take advantage of organizing gambling and gambling in the form of buying lottery numbers, lottery numbers or distributing lottery tickets in the wrong way. Complete the legal framework on lottery business in accordance with the current market situation...

According to VNA