E-cigarette smokers shall be fined up to VND5 million

In November 2024, the National Assembly adopted the revised Investment Law banning investment and business activities related to e-cigarettes and heated tobacco from 2026. The aforesaid moves aim to protect public health, particularly among adolescents.

Viet Nam is the 6th ASEAN Member States and among 43 countries around the world to have issued e-cigarette ban.

In 2023, 1,224 users of e-cigarettes were hospitalized due to e-cigarette harms, according to the Ministry of Health.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said e-cigarettes are the most common type of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and electronic non-nicotine delivery systems (ENNDS). They heat a liquid to create aerosols that are inhaled by the user. These so-called e-liquids do not contain tobacco and may or may not contain nicotine. They also typically contain additives, flavors and chemicals that can be harmful to people's health.

At least 15 million people aged 13 to 15 use e-cigarettes globally, with young people on average nine times more likely to vape than adults in countries with data, reported the WHO last October./.