Orangutan filmed smoking cigarette at Ho Chi Minh City zoo
Some visitors must have thrown the burning cigarette into the cage, according to an employee
In Vietnam, driver runs truck full of smuggled cigarettes into canal to evade police
The truck carried nearly 6,000 packs of contraband cigarettes
Five officials injured in clash with over 200 cigarette smugglers in southern Vietnam
Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the price of smuggled cigarettes has recently shot up by nearly two times
Vietnam Airlines flight attendant caught smuggling goods from Japan to Ho Chi Minh City
The overall value of the goods was estimated at VND200 million (US$8,656)
Over 9,180 smuggling cases detected in southern Vietnam in first half of 2018
Officers across the region have imposed fines worth more than VND100 billion (US$4.4 million)
UK study endorses "game-changing" e-cigarettes for first time
E-cigarettes, which allow users to inhale nicotine-laced vapour but contain no tobacco, have surged in popularity in recent years but health bodies have so far been wary of advocating them as a safer alternative