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AIDS, prostitution fight to be inspected in 11 localities

Six inspection delegations will be set up to check AIDS, drugs and prostitution prevention and fight in 11 localities in the country.
Six inspection delegations will be set up to check AIDS, drugs andprostitution prevention and fight in 11 localities in the country.

The Vietnam Government Portal quoted the National Committee for AIDS,Drugs and Prostitution Prevention and Control as saying that thedelegations will also inspect the mobilisation, management and use ofresources for this work.

The localities are Ha Nam,Nam Dinh, Hung Yen, Thai Binh, Lao Cai, Hau Giang, Soc Trang, Hoa Binh,Dien Bien, Lai Chau, and Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

This will bea good opportunity for these localities to propose ways to renovatedetoxification and fight against prostitution and cultivation ofnarcotic plants.

In 2012, competent agencies detected,investigated and addressed more than 21,000 cases involving over 31,000people. Nearly 692 kg heroin, 225 kg opium, and 1,000 kg cannabis wereseized.

They prosecuted 18,687 defendants (up 19percent in terms of cases and defendants). Of the figure, 194 personswere sentenced to death.

According to preliminarystatistics, by the end of 2012, Vietnam had more than 171,000 drugaddicts, an increase of 12,900 against the previous year, and about30,000 prostitutes.-VNA
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