Korean hits record $3.9 m Vietnam lottery jackpot

A South Korean national residing in Vietnam has won the country's 102.8 billion Vietnamese dong ($3.9 million) lottery jackpot, the largest prize ever awarded to a foreigner in Vietnam.

According to Vietnamese media reports, the Vietnam Computerized Lottery Company on Tuesday presented the jackpot for its "Power 6/55" lottery to the South Korean winner.

The winner received approximately 92.5 billion Vietnamese dong after paying 10.28 billion dong in personal income tax in Bac Ninh Province, wher ...