According to a report by the Vietnamese media Baotintuc News Network on November 15, Nguyễn Quang Huy, deputy director of the Market Management Office of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, said in an interview with the media that in recent years, new tobacco products such as e-cigarettes have become popular in the market of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. , but it has not obtained permission to sell in the Vietnamese market, and is even openly sold on personal accounts, groups and other platforms, and is loved by students and young people.
Previously, Vietnam's Ministry of Health warned that these new tobacco products pose serious health hazards to smokers and those around them, causing a variety of diseases and even increasing the risk of cancer.
At the same time, the Ho Chi Minh City Market Management Bureau instructs the market management team to strengthen inspections and market management based on the threats posed by these products to health, and severely crack down on violations such as the transportation, purchase, sale and operation of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, so as to promptly detect and deal with.
According to statistics, from 2022 to October 2023, the Ho Chi Minh City Market Management Bureau has inspected and handled 90 cases of violations, fined more than 1.4 billion VND (approximately RMB 420,000), and destroyed approximately 2.8 billion VND (approximately RMB 420,000) worth of products. RMB 840,000) and more than 15,000 e-cigarette products and accessories.
