Nguyen Hoang Hai, deputy chair of the Vietnam Association of Financial Investors, said he is disappointed the ministry has stuck to proposals made in a 2010 draft. “No one will bet within the proposed limit of VND1 million (US$45) a day. The 2010 draft had proposed legalizing betting on both domestic and international football games. People will still bet illegally on international networks due to the low betting limit.”Nguyen Hanh Phuc, the NA general secretary, said only poor people would gamble under the proposed rule. “Rich people and big gamblers will still bet illegally.”Le Dang Doanh, former director of the Central Institute for Economic Management, said the draft plan would fail to achieve its target of preventing illegal betting.

Source: Thanhnien News August 22, 2016 04:30 UTC