Vietnam

Vietnam's Health Ministry proposes fines of 1-2 million VND for hiding or using e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products.

Vietnam's plan to ban e-cigarettes may hinder tobacco harm reduction efforts, warns experts. Critics say it may encourage smoking.

Vietnam Customs General Department has issued official documents to ban e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products starting in 2025.

Vietnam Health Ministry plans to impose penalties for harboring, using e-cigarettes, and heated tobacco, aiming to enhance tobacco control.

Vietnamese authorities busted a large-scale e-cigarette parts smuggling case worth 3.8 billion VND (15,000 USD) in Lang Son province.

Police in Da Nang, Vietnam discovered and seized over 13,600 e-cigarette products worth around 10 billion VND.

Vietnam's Health Ministry addresses challenges in implementing tobacco control law, highlighting slow decrease in smoking rates.

From early November until now, authorities in Hanoi have destroyed 606 e-cigarette products, with a total value of $6,500. The Vietnamese National Assembly has decided to implement a nationwide ban on the production, sale, import, and use of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products starting in 2025.