Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health held aseminar in Hanoi on November 8 on Vietnam’s international commitments topreventing the harmful effects of alcohol and beer, as well as therecommendations from international organisations towards the draft law on the preventionand combat of alcohol abuse.
Nguyen Huy Quang, head of the ministry’s Department of LegalAffairs, said 44.2 percent of men and 1.2 percent of women in Vietnam usealcohol and beer at a hazardous level.
Under the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Agenda2030 adopted by leaders of 154 member nations, including Vietnam, at the 70th sessionof the UN General Assembly, Vietnam set the goal of reducing the number ofalcohol users at hazardous levels by 10 percent by 2030.
Quang called for creating a strong legal corridor to achievethe goal, saying that the issuance of the law on preventing and combating theharmful effects of alcohol and beer is necessary to deliver Vietnam’scommitments towards sustainable development.
Three months since the draft law was up for public feedback,10 letters of suggestion by six domestic and foreign organisations have beensent to leaders of the Vietnamese legislature and Government.
They called on the Government to enforce policies on preventingand combating the harmful effects of alcohol and specifically beer asrecommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), and place the protection ofpublic health and the national sustainable development above others in the law-buildingprocess.
They suggested issuing regulations on banning advertisingand promotion activities, and further restricting the availability of alcohol andbeer to those aged below 18.
Representatives from the WHO, the Vietnam Non-CommunicableDisease Prevention Alliance, the HealthBridge Foundation of Canada in Vietnam,and the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance attended the event. –VNA
Nguyen Huy Quang, head of the ministry’s Department of LegalAffairs, said 44.2 percent of men and 1.2 percent of women in Vietnam usealcohol and beer at a hazardous level.
Under the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Agenda2030 adopted by leaders of 154 member nations, including Vietnam, at the 70th sessionof the UN General Assembly, Vietnam set the goal of reducing the number ofalcohol users at hazardous levels by 10 percent by 2030.
Quang called for creating a strong legal corridor to achievethe goal, saying that the issuance of the law on preventing and combating theharmful effects of alcohol and beer is necessary to deliver Vietnam’scommitments towards sustainable development.
Three months since the draft law was up for public feedback,10 letters of suggestion by six domestic and foreign organisations have beensent to leaders of the Vietnamese legislature and Government.
They called on the Government to enforce policies on preventingand combating the harmful effects of alcohol and specifically beer asrecommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), and place the protection ofpublic health and the national sustainable development above others in the law-buildingprocess.
They suggested issuing regulations on banning advertisingand promotion activities, and further restricting the availability of alcohol andbeer to those aged below 18.
Representatives from the WHO, the Vietnam Non-CommunicableDisease Prevention Alliance, the HealthBridge Foundation of Canada in Vietnam,and the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance attended the event. –VNA
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