{"id":349,"date":"2026-06-24T12:55:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/sportslaw\/?p=349"},"modified":"2026-06-24T12:55:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:55:29","slug":"vietnam-horse-race-betting-navigating-the-regulatory-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/sportslaw\/2026\/06\/24\/vietnam-horse-race-betting-navigating-the-regulatory-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam Horse Race Betting: Navigating the Regulatory Track"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/olivermassmann.html\">Dr. Oliver Massmann<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many years, Vietnam\u2019s horse race betting industry resembled a race without a rulebook.<br><br>Investors were attracted by the prospect of participating in one of Asia\u2019s fastest-growing economies, yet they faced a fundamental challenge: horse race betting had been permitted through limited pilot projects, but there was no comprehensive legal framework governing licensing, operation, investor qualifications, betting products or regulatory supervision.<br><br>That is no longer the case.<br><br>The legal landscape changed fundamentally with the issuance of Decree No. 06\/2017\/ND-CP on the Business of Betting on Horse Racing, Greyhound Racing and International Football, which established Vietnam\u2019s first comprehensive regulatory framework governing licensed betting activities. The sector has therefore moved beyond the question of legalization and entered a new phase focused on implementation, compliance and commercial viability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/vietnam\/2026\/06\/24\/vietnam-horse-race-betting-navigating-the-regulatory-track-from-licensing-to-implementation-from-pilot-projects-to-a-regulated-industry-what-investors-need-to-know-in-2026\/\">Read the full article on the Duane Morris Vietnam Blog<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dr. Oliver Massmann For many years, Vietnam\u2019s horse race betting industry resembled a race without a rulebook. Investors were attracted by the prospect of participating in one of Asia\u2019s fastest-growing economies, yet they faced a fundamental challenge: horse race betting had been permitted through limited pilot projects, but there was no comprehensive legal framework &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/sportslaw\/2026\/06\/24\/vietnam-horse-race-betting-navigating-the-regulatory-track\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vietnam Horse Race Betting: Navigating the Regulatory Track&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[403,401,10,402],"ppma_author":[303],"class_list":["post-349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-horse-racing","tag-regulation","tag-sports","tag-vietnam"],"authors":[{"term_id":303,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","author_category":"1","last_name":"Sullivan","first_name":"Margaret","job_title":"","user_url":"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com","description":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\">Visit the Duane Morris website.<\/a>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/sportslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/sportslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/sportslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/sportslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/sportslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/sportslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/sportslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/sportslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/sportslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/sportslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}