烟草在线据《烟业通讯》报道编译　　据《越南新闻》报道，1月25日，来自有关部委和机构的100多名越南官员和代表在河内会晤，讨论如何落实关于处理卷烟非法贸易的一个新的政府公告。

　　该通告对走私烟草的交易、运输和储存设定了严厉的处罚。

　　被发现企图走私1500包至4500包卷烟的人会面临刑事起诉，并且可能被监禁六个月至三年。

　　那些企图走私4501包至13,500包卷烟的人面临3至7年的监禁。

　　而那些试图走私超过13,500包的人，可被监禁7至15年。

　　本次研讨会上获悉，Jet和英雄卷烟已被走私进入该国15年，走私卷烟的数量逐年显著增加。

　　“这些卷烟是由印尼苏门答腊烟草公司生产的，但印尼人很少吸，”报道说。“由于其优惠的税收政策，卷烟被合法进口到柬埔寨，然后非法出口到越南。”

　　报道中指出，大量的走私如此猖獗，使得国内农业遭受了损失，以前受雇于烟草行业的18万人现在失业了。

　　卷烟制造、包装、印刷及纸箱生产都受到严重影响。

　　走私卷烟占越南市场的大约20%。

Vietnam Cracks down on Illicit Trade

　　One hundred Vietnamese officials and representatives from relevant ministries and agencies met on January 25 at Ha Noi to discuss how to implement a new government circular on handling the illicit trade in cigarettes, according to a story in Vietnam News.

　　The circular sets out strict penalties for trading, transporting and storing smuggled tobacco.

　　People who are found attempting to smuggle 1,500 to 4,500 packs are liable to criminal prosecution and may be imprisoned for between six months and three years.

　　Those who attempt to smuggle between 4,501 and 13,500 packs face the prospect of imprisonment for between three and seven years.

　　And those who try to smuggle more than 13,500 packs are liable to be incarcerated for seven to 15 years.

　　The seminar was told that Jet and Hero cigarettes had been smuggled into the country for 15 years and that the quantity of smuggled cigarettes had increased significantly year by year.

　　'These cigarettes are produced by Sumatra Tobacco Company in Indonesia, but are rarely used by Indonesians,' the story said. 'The cigarettes are imported legally into Cambodia due to its preferential tax policy and then exported illegally into Viet Nam.'

　　The story implied that the scale of the smuggling was such that domestic agriculture had suffered and that 180,000 people formerly employed by the tobacco sector were now unemployed.

　　Cigarette manufacturing, packaging, printing and box production had all been badly affected.

　　Smuggled cigarettes account for about 20 per cent of the Vietnamese market. Enditem