Hanoi — A court in central Vietnam on July 17 jailed a monk for gambling. Mho Sy Quynh received a year in prison, the newspaper Thanh Nien reported.
In March, police caught three monks and two others gambling in a pagoda in Da Nang province. Police seized two packs of cards and some cash at the scene. Gambling is popular but illegal in Vietnam. Quynh received a tough sentence because he had been jailed for three years in 2011 for drug trafficking. — DPA