Thousands of smuggled cigarettes destroyed

Vietnam has destroyed over 15,082 packs of cigarettes which were illegally brought into the country.

Vietnam has destroyed over 15,082 packs of cigarettes which were illegally brought into the country.

  

Thousands of smuggled cigarettes destroyed

The Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance under the Ministry of Industry and Trade announced that the cigarettes were incinerated on September 30 at the Hau Sanh Environment and Trade Company recycling and hazardous waste treatment plant in Phu Cat District, Binh Dinh Province.

On September 1, in order to improve transparency and effectiveness of seized cigarette management, Binh Dinh People's Committee issued the Decision 3612 to set up a committee to destroy the cigarettes including the Department of Market Surveillance, Department of Finance, Department of Public Security, Department of Justice, the provincial People's Procuracy and the provincial inspectorate.

The measure is to ensure public health as well as benefits of legal tobacco traders. It was also supposed to be a deterrent to violators.