Health official urges medical staff to say no to tobacco, as smoking kills over 100,000 Vietnamese a year
Vietnam News 18:00 01/06/2025Medical staff, who are acutely aware of the dangers of tobacco, including e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs), should say no to tobacco, which kills more than 100,000 Vietnamese per year, said Dr. Truong Thi Ngoc Lan, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Traditional Medicine.
France to ban smoking outdoors in most places: minister
World 12:41 30/05/2025France will ban smoking in all outdoor places that can be accessed by children, including beaches, parks and bus stops, the health and family minister announced Thursday.
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.
Vietnamese man gets 9-month flight ban for not paying smoking fine
Vietnam News 17:05 09/09/2022He smoked on the plane before its departure
Vietnamese man receives 9-month flight ban for failure to pay smoking fine
Vietnam News 11:46 09/08/2022He failed to pay a fine for smoking on a plane in June
Vietnamese man gets 9-month flight ban for smoking on plane
Vietnam News 14:20 02/07/2022Passengers are always reminded that smoking is prohibited on flights in Vietnam
Orangutan filmed smoking cigarette at Ho Chi Minh City zoo
Vietnam News 11:51 19/06/2022Some visitors must have thrown the burning cigarette into the cage, according to an employee
How much do people smoke in Vietnam?
Expat Life 10:03 15/03/2020'An important part of the population is smoking [in Vietnam],' one expat recalled his personal impression
Vietnam moves to limit smoking in films, theaters
Travel 18:56 19/10/2018Films that depict smoking will be given age ratings according to the length of such scenes
1,000 Vietnamese students spread no-smoking message through synchronized dancing in Da Nang
Travel 18:03 28/05/2018Vietnam is amongst the 15 countries with the most smokers in the world
Vietnamese schoolgirl fined for smoking aboard plane
Vietnam News 11:36 28/03/2018First-time flight experience accounted for her ignorance of the no-smoking rule, she claims
Vietnam ups ante in bids to clear tourist cities of cigarette smoke
Travel 12:02 25/12/2014Authorities in many tourist hubs in Vietnam have successfully adopted the non-smoking tourism model in recent years to draw more visitors and cushion them from the harm of passive smoking
