(VOVWORLD) - The harmful effects of tobacco and the role of tax policy in tobacco control were high on the agenda of a workshop in Hanoi on Tuesday hosted by the...
(VOVWORLD) - Today, May 31, is World No Tobacco Day, themed "Protecting children from the impacts of the tobacco industry". In Vietnam, since the Law on Tobacco Control took effect a decade ago, the smoking rate...
(VOVWORLD) -This year’s World No Tobacco Week from May 25 to 31 is themed “Protecting children from tobacco industry interference” to emphasize the need for the tobacco industry to...
(VOVWORLD) - Children are using e-cigarettes at rates higher than adults in many countries and globally an estimated 37 million youth aged 13–15 years use tobacco, the World Health Organization (WHO...
(VOVWORLD) - Trinidad and Tobago’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Dennis Francis, has been elected to be the next president of the UN General Assembly. Francis has chosen “Peace,...
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam aims to reduce the rate of tobacco use among males aged from 15 to less than 39% in the 2023-2025 period, according to the freshly-approved National...
(VOVWORLD) - Portugal’s government on Thursday presented legislation to extend a ban on smoking to outdoor areas including covered terraces and to restrict tobacco sales, as it hopes to raise...
(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam and Trinidad and Tobago officially established diplomatic ties on Wednesday
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will hold a meeting on tobacco harm prevention and the National No Tobacco Week in response to World No Tobacco Day on May 31
(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization has launched its 2022 global campaign – “Tobacco: Threat to our environment” – for World No Tobacco Day on May 31. The campaign calls on countries to raise...
(VOVWORLD) - In 2003 Southeast Asian Games organizers, ASEAN countries, and the WHO signed an official document to eliminate all forms of tobacco at sports events to ensure a tobacco-free SEA...
(VOVWORLD) - May 31 is World No Tobacco Day and the WHO has set this year’s theme as “Commit to Quit”. With this message, the WHO is calling on countries...
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will pilot the use of mobile phone software that allows users to report violations of regulations on tobacco harm prevention and control in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem and...
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Ministry of Health hosted a meeting in Hanoi on Friday to mark World No Tobaccos Day (May 31) and the National No Tobacco Week 2020
(VOVWORLD) - An online contest entitled "Vietnamese youth say no to cigarettes and E-cigarettes - No Smoking Challenge” is welcoming entries until May 31 to mark the World No Tobacco Day (May...
(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly’s Committee on Social Affairs continued its 15th plenary meeting on Friday to appraise government use of funds for the reduction of tobacco-related ills in the...
(VOVWORLD) - A night-time search and rescue effort is underway after a ferry carrying about 80 passengers sank Monday in a popular lake on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing...
(VOVWORLD) -Although progress has been made in tobacco control, more efforts are needed on anti-tobacco measures and reduction of deaths related to smoking in Vietnam
(VOVWORLD) -The Health Ministry of Vietnam has won an award from the Bloomberg Philanthropies for its efforts in monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies. The country is among six winners, alongside El Salvador...
(VOVWORLD) - Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien urged full enforcement of the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco at a meeting in Hanoi on Sunday in response to World No Tobacco...