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Volunteer Taskforce from Youth Union provide the leaflets on the smoking prohibited places in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city

Updated at 21 Aug 2013, 14:48

2013, May, in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city, VINACOSH worked with the Youth Union to establish a task force to distribute the leaflets of smoke free restaurants and hotels (developed by the Project) and No Smoking signs in these cities. In Hanoi, the task force went to 200 restaurants and hotels in 3 downtown districts to disseminate the leaflets.

VINACOSH and mass media went to the field with this force for monitoring in three days of 7-9 May 2013. Similarly, in Ho Chi Minh City, the taskforce also went to 200 restaurants and hotels of Districts No 5, 7 and 10 in 3 days of 14-16 May 2013.

Remarkably, the full list of these restaurants and hotels were selected by VINACOSH and Youth Union based on their crown location and tourist sites. Philanthropies, USA.

Both State and private hotels and restaurants (from 5 Star to 3 Star hotel specifically) were selected. The students work in pair who is responsibility for general introduction of new regulations and distributing the leaflets. Generally, almost of owners and managers in these locations is quite cooperative and installed the non smoking signs/sticker in their places. These activities has been supported by the Bloomberg