Vietnam Government Reps. Call For a Legal Framework for E-Cigarettes Speaking at a workshop in Vietnam, representatives from various government agencies, said that electronic devices, such as vaping products and heated tobacco products (HTPs), should not be legalised before an assessment leading to an appropriate legal framework is conducted. The workshop on the legal framework for e-cigarettes was held in response to the Governmentâs request that the Ministry of Industry and Trade is to propose a management strategy for the devices. A legal framework for e-cigs, should be built based on assessments of pilot programs.Electronic products should not be legalized immediately, said the officials, but a pilot phase allowing the production, import and trading of these new-generation cigarettes in the country, should be carried out. A legal framework should then be built, based upon assessments of these pilot programs and in line with the countryâs strategies for tobacco harm reduction.