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In recent days, some parks in Dong Hoi City (Quang Binh Province) have seen gambling advertisements printed publicly on the back of the stone table. This situation is raising many concerns about the negative impact on the community, especially young people.
Recorded at Tay Huu Nghi residential area park (Bac Ly ward, Dong Hoi city), nearly 20 public stone benches have been heavily advertised. The prominent blue, easy-to- read letters make park goers and restors unable to fail to pay attention. It is worth mentioning that this content is said to be promoting an online gambling website.
Searching for this phrase on the Internet, the first result that appeared was a website introducing "one of the leading housewives in Asia - Pacific". This page publicly provides online betting services with games such as onlinecasino, betting for rewards, sports betting, tai lu, poker...
Not stopping there, at the intersection between Huu Nghi and Tran Hung Dao streets (Nam Ly ward, Dong Hoi city), many stone benches were also printed with gambling advertising information on the logo of a bank.
Faced with the above situation, local people cannot help but worry. A resident said that if this is an advertisement for gambling sites, it should be removed immediately to avoid negative impacts, especially for adolescents.
Strengthening inspection and handling
Talking to Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Tran Trong Nghia - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Bac Ly Ward - confirmed that he had received the feedback.
"Immediately after discovering nearly 20 football chairs with content printed related to betting, we directed the authorities to come down to check and take measures to erase all information" - Mr. Nghia said.
In Nam Ly ward, Mr. Nguyen Minh Nghia - Chairman of the ward People's Committee said that this situation had happened many times before.
Every time they discovered it, the authorities had to coordinate to erase the violating words. "We will coordinate with the police and the urban rules team to handle it thoroughly. The police force is also planning to ambush and search for the subject who committed this act. However, the current difficulty is that they often act at night" - Mr. Nguyen Minh Nghia added.
Currently, the local authorities of Bac Ly and Nam Ly wards are strengthening inspections, while mobilizing people to monitor and promptly report if they discover acts of printing and promoting illegal gambling content in public places. The authorities are also investigating to clarify and strictly handle it according to the law.
