Ha Long to become smoke free

A ceremony to launch a mobilization named “To build Ha Long into a tourism city without smoke” was held in Ha Long city.
Thousands of local officials and people participated in the ceremony.
Reportedly, the project is run by the Center for Community Research and Development, under the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations, with an investment of US $284,500.
The project will be carried out during 2009 through 2011, aiming to educate the public regarding the harm of smoking and the bad effects of secondhand smoke, as well as deploying the Government’s regulation “To prohibit smoking in public and places of work”.
The project steering board will regularly send working teams to check the performance of agencies and enterprises and levy strict punishment to those who violate the regulation.