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VietNamNet Bridge - Up to 800 million cigarette packs, or a fifth of the domestic consumption of tobacco, are smuggled into the country every year, according to the Vietnam Tobacco Association.

Smuggling skyrockets in northern VN

HCM City braces for rise in smuggling

The association estimated the loss of tax revenues annually to the government as a result of the smuggling at 3.5 trillion dong (US$183.7 million).

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Ho Chi Minh City are among the worst affected. Smuggled cigarettes account for 70 of the tobacco market share in Can Tho and 46 percent in HCMC.

The photos speak for itself. The tobacco industry in Indonesia - sponsoring police outposts/street stations in Jakarta and at the same time advertising the sponsoring companies' cigarette brands.