Some 40,000 smoking-related deaths each year Wednesday, 12/13/2023 12:30 PM (GMT+7) At least 40,000 deaths are caused annually in Vietnam by smoking-related diseases, according to a conference held by the Ministry of Health in Hanoi on December 12 to review the implementation of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms for the past 10 years. Speaking at the event, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan, who is also the Chair of the Fund for the Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms, said Vietnam is the 47th out of 182 countries to ratify the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. To validate the commitments made upon accession to the Convention, the Vie... [Read more]