Rehabilitation centres in HCM City will take in 3,000-3,500 drug addicts and 300-500 sex workers next year, the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs said.
Almost two-thirds of drug users will be provided vocational training before they reintegrate into society, Nguyen Van Minh, deputy director of the Department, told a conference on Dec. 2.
The Department will also work with the city AIDS Committee for a methadone-treatment programme that targets 1,500 drug users next year, he said.
Nearly 3,500 drug addicts and 105 prostitutes were sent to the rehab centres this year, a 33 percent increase over last year, according to a report by the Department.
People from outside the city and the homeless accounted for 49 percent of them.
Around 7,480 addicts and 86 prostitutes are currently undergoing rehab at both public and private centres.
More than 1,300 addicts were reintegrated into society this year, taking the total number discharged from the centres under the programme so far to nearly 12,000.
However, more than 2,700 of them, or 22.76 percent, relapsed into drugs after returning to the community.
The number of addicts successfully treated with methadone under a pilot programme is 860./.
Almost two-thirds of drug users will be provided vocational training before they reintegrate into society, Nguyen Van Minh, deputy director of the Department, told a conference on Dec. 2.
The Department will also work with the city AIDS Committee for a methadone-treatment programme that targets 1,500 drug users next year, he said.
Nearly 3,500 drug addicts and 105 prostitutes were sent to the rehab centres this year, a 33 percent increase over last year, according to a report by the Department.
People from outside the city and the homeless accounted for 49 percent of them.
Around 7,480 addicts and 86 prostitutes are currently undergoing rehab at both public and private centres.
More than 1,300 addicts were reintegrated into society this year, taking the total number discharged from the centres under the programme so far to nearly 12,000.
However, more than 2,700 of them, or 22.76 percent, relapsed into drugs after returning to the community.
The number of addicts successfully treated with methadone under a pilot programme is 860./.
