Vietnam: 09 activities that the fund for prevention of tobacco harms shall support

According to the Law on Tobacco Harm Prevention of Vietnam, the fund for prevention of tobacco harms (below referred to as the fund) is a national fund placed under the Ministry of Health and under the financial state management of the Ministry of Finance. The fund is a state-run financial institution having the legal person status and own seal and account. Specifically, according to Article 29 of the Law on Tobacco Harm Prevention of Vietnam, the fund shall operate on a not-for-profit basis with the function to mobilize, provide and coordinate its financial resources for the prevention of tobacco harms nationwide. The fund shall support the following activities:

- Communication on tobacco harms and the prevention of tobacco harms suitable to each target group;

- Building and developing pilot models of tobacco smoke-free communities, agencies and organizations; developing and widely expanding effective models;

- Organizing community-based campaigns and initiatives on prevention of tobacco harms; providing consultancy on organization of separate smoking areas in public places;

- Organizing smoking cessation;

- Building pilot models of community-based smoking cessation and developing and widely expanding effective models;

- Conducting research to produce evidence for the prevention of tobacco harms;

- Developing, supporting and raising capacity for the network of collaborators on prevention of tobacco harms;

- Developing contents and introducing education about tobacco harms and prevention of tobacco harms into the educational programs suitable to each educational level;

- Applying measures to help tobacco growers, tobacco ingredient processors and tobacco manufacturing workers change their occupations.

View more details at the Law on Tobacco Harm Prevention of Vietnam, officially effective from January 01, 2013.

Ty Na

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