According to a report by Vietnamese media Cong An Nhan Dan on December 30, 2023, authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have seized various e-cigarettes and hookahs without invoices or documents and with unknown origins at a storage and trading point. It was also found that the trading activity at the said address has not been formally registered as a commercial enterprise.
The inspection team has documented administrative violations and temporarily retained all physical evidence, including various products from approximately 3,002 units.
317 Chinese-made disposable e-cigarette products containing 5% nicotine were confiscated. Additionally, 121 disposable e-cigarette products without a specified expiration date were seized. Furthermore, 100 GuiiLabs brand e-cigarettes with a nicotine content of 30MG/ML were confiscated. In addition, 60 bottles of MIST REPUBLIC brand tobacco oil with a nicotine content of 35MG/ML were also seized. These confiscated items are estimated to be worth over one billion Vietnamese dong (41,000 US$).
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