World Anti-Drug Day marked in VN
VGP - Activities to mobilize the public to help drug-rehabilitated people re-integrate into the community are underway across Viet Nam to mark World Anti-Drugs Day in the central city of Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City.
Da Nang city has introduced drug rehabilitation model which involves support from the community and families of drug addicts.
After one year of implementing the model, more than 300 drug users have re-integrated into the community.
Ba Ria Vung Tau province has approved a project to provide free consultancy and treatment for drug addicts.
Other localities have continued mobilizing resources to help drug users rehabilitate themselves and reintegrate into the community.
HCM City last Saturday launched a campaign to raise awareness of the fight against drug use following Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s instructions to authorities nation-wide to mark Action Month for Drug Prevention this month.
The campaign encourages people to take part in the fight by denouncing drug addicts and drug-related crimes.
The police have busted 742 drug trafficking and trading cases this year, up from 824 in the same period last year, arrested 1,574 people and seized 222kg of drugs, most of them amphetamine-type stimulants.
The campaign is being organized by the city Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs in co-operation with Department of Culture and Sport and the District 12 People’s Committee.