The Indonesian Ministry of Health revealed on December 17 that other countries' efforts to increase cigarette excise can reduce consumption by 10-15%, with increasing the Retail Selling Price (HJE) of cigarettes and e-cigarettes deterring young smokers from purchasing them.

A mixed excise regime with a suitable roadmap is a reasonable way to increase the special consumption tax on tobacco, a conference titled “Special consumption tax – Harmonising the State budget and business development” heard in Hanoi.

Next-generation tobacco products are targeting young people, and this will create a new generation of smokers, according to experts.

When discovering the anti-smuggling force, the high-speed canoes ran away and the captain of Chung Chinh ship immediately sped up to the Buoy No. 0 toward the area on the sea under China's control.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health is planning to provide training on how to help local residents quit smoking for staff at ward- and commune-level People’s Committees.

Hanoi’s police have arrested a man for smuggling cigarettes and cigars.

Customs officers in northern Hai Phong City inspected a contraband batch of 39,200 JM White cigarette packages on March 29.

Smuggling of cigarettes from Cambodia into HCM City is becoming increasingly sophisticated, making it hard for authorities to combat it, the HCM City Market Management Department has said.

Ho Chi Minh City’s November consumer price index (CPI) increased 0.1 percent over the previous month and even declined by 0.45 percent from the same period last year, the local statistics office said.