Foreign experts urge Vietnam to add e-cigarettes, heated tobacco to investment law’s prohibited list
Vietnam News 11:32 02/12/2025Foreign experts are calling for the production and trade of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products to be added to the list of banned business sectors under Vietnam’s revised Investment Law, aiming to prevent these products from threatening public health, especially among young people, heard a conference held in Hanoi on Monday.
WHO urges Vietnam to add e-cigarettes, heated tobacco to banned investment list
Vietnam News 17:13 27/11/2025The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged Vietnam to add e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products to the list of business activities banned under the country’s amended Investment Law, saying it would prevent the products from returning to the market despite an existing ban.
E-cigarettes continue to harm Vietnamese youth despite ban
Vietnam News 14:01 05/11/2025Although Vietnam’s ban on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products has taken effect since January 1, these products continue to circulate quietly, especially among young people, entailing serious and often hidden risks to public health.
E-cigarette use rising among Vietnamese teenagers: officials
Education 15:15 15/05/2025The number of Vietnamese teenagers using e-cigarettes has more than doubled in a year, prompting government officials and health experts to call for stronger enforcement and education efforts to curb the trend.
E-cigarettes still openly used, sold online in Ho Chi Minh City despite ban
Ho Chi Minh City 10:56 16/04/2025E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products remain widely used and openly sold online in Ho Chi Minh City, despite a nationwide ban that took effect on January 1.
E-cigarettes risk undoing Vietnam's anti-smoking progress
Vietnam News 11:30 23/10/2024In Vietnam alone, the Poison Control Center at Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi reported 120 cases of hospitalization over e-cigarette poisoning in 2022 and 2023
E-cigarette use rises among Vietnamese teenagers, WHO representative wants a ban
Vietnam News 11:20 07/07/2024The percentage of people aged 15 and older using e-cigarettes surged to 3.6 percent in five years
Buying e-cigarettes a piece of cake to teens in Vietnam
In-Depth 16:44 02/05/2023Judging from the information on their website, the reporters found the prices of most products to range from VND200,000 (US$8.5) to VND3 million ($128)
Teen vaping: young students targeted by e-cigarettes
Education 10:03 25/04/2023It has become an everyday thing for many to observe a group of students in uniform vaping on the street
