
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam will pilot the use of mobile phone software thatallows users to report violations of regulations on tobacco harm prevention andcontrol in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem and Tay Ho districts.
The pilot was announced at a trainingconference on improving communications regarding the prevention and control oftobacco harm, held on November 4 in Hanoi by the Ministry of Information andCommunications and the Ministry of Health’s Fund for the Prevention and Controlof Tobacco Harm.
Using the software, people can take photos of violations and send them toauthorised offices.
Violations include smoking in non-smoking areasand signs with non-smoking in text or in symbols not being hung at these areas.
People can also send a report if ventilationsystems in smoking areas are not separated from those for non-smoking areas, oreven if ashtrays are not provided./.