Accordingly, related agencies will set up content and regulations about stopping smoking in public place and in offices and educate the public about the harmfulness of smoking.

The US’s Campaign for Tobacco - Free Kids Organization chose Halong to undertake the plan. It was capitalized at USD284,500 by the Vietnam Union of Science & Technology Associations (VUSTA) from 2009 to 2011.

The World Trade Organization (WHO) assessed that establishing Halong as a non-smoking city is a practical action to comply with the framework convention of the WHO about smoking control as Vietnam is among 164 countries which approved the convention.