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HCM CITY — Viet Nam needs to develop strict regulations to forbid Vietnamese gambling abroad and create severe sanctions for people who organise or influence others who do so, said an official.
"Many families have gone bankrupt or sold their property to cover gambling losses in Cambodia," said Mai Van Huynh, chairman of Ha Tien People's Committee.
The number of robbery and swindling cases has grown rapidly.
Local authorities know that Vietnamese people gamble in Cambodian casinos but Vietnamese law cannot be applied to those citizens who gamble or organise gambling outside of Viet Nam's territory, Huynh said.
The country has not developed sanctions to handle people who organise or incite others to gamble abroad, he added.
After casinos near Prey Chark bordergate in Kampot Province in Cambodia opened, the number of tourists to the border town of Ha Tien in Kien Giang Province has increased.
Despite this, the town has not reaped any benefits from the increasing tourist trade, which has infringed on public order.
Local authorities have implemented several measures, including increasing residents' awareness through meetings and having police closely monitor gamblers to prevent them from committing an offence.
"The number of local residents going to Cambodia to gamble has fallen slightly, but the number of people from other places travelling through Ha Tien to gamble in Cambodia has increased," Huynh said.
According to reports, the southern province of Kien Giang has around 500 residents who usually gamble in Cambodia.
Forty of them have gone bankrupt, some have committed robbery, and some have even committed suicide.
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Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 30,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 30,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 30,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 30,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl, President Ms. Rattana Keo,
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