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Piphoop wrote:

Hello
My husband and I are hoping to spend an extended period in Vietnam next year.  We are hoping to find some bridge clubs/groups so we can enjoy one of our favourite activities.
Can anyone help with information? Many thanks  - will greatly appreciate.

You may want to say where you will be residing.

Where will we be residing?

We are open....a bridge club is a big bonus for any destination!

Well best you search on Google.

I asked a similar question about three years ago for HCMC and got zero response. Since then I've not found any bridge club whatsoever in VN. I hope I'm wrong and there is one out there somewhere!

It could be °µÍø½ûÇøs do not play bridge in VN because the authorities view card games as "gambling"  or so I've been told by locals. An amusing story from Thailand - although bridge is popular in Thailand, with official clubs and a national society, there was a case a few years ago when a legitimate bridge club in Pattaya was raided in mid-afternoon by about 20 heavily armed, gun toting police and army people after they were tipped off about an °µÍø½ûÇø gambling den. The old people calmly carried on playing (it's on You Tube) but were all arrested and eventually charged under some obscure act from mid-1930's because the functionaries found a cupboard containing spare/new packs of cards which was illegal under this act. One 84 years old lady refused to pay the B100 admission of guilt fine, what happened to her I don't know. You couldn't make it up.

I’ve heard this story too! Amazing....
We are in Thailand now - playing at the Chiang Mai Bridge Club. A good game with up to 12 or so tables in high season.
I have heard from one of the Chiang Mai players that there is a club in Danang but can’t find anything about it.
Cheers

Piphoop wrote:

Hello
My husband and I are hoping to spend an extended period in Vietnam next year.  We are hoping to find some bridge clubs/groups so we can enjoy one of our favourite activities.
Can anyone help with information? Many thanks  - will greatly appreciate.

You might try the Internations .com website.

Members there get very specific about their interests, so a search should be easy, once you join.

Many thanks! Will try that....

@Piphoop

IS there a place in Hanoï where you Can play bridge?

André Kirchberger