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The People’s Committee of Hanoi has set up a plan for HIV/AIDS prevention and control in the city by 2030.

More than 15,000 factory workers at high risk of HIV infection have access to HIV prevention and treatment services through an HIV prevention intervention model called SAFE-ZONE, according to the Vietnam Administration for HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC).

Up to 48% of people newly diagnosed with HIV/AIDS are in the 16-29 age range, and alarmingly high rate of infections among youngsters, according to Associate Professor Phan Thi Thu Huong, Director of the Anti-HIV/AIDS Department

Encouraging results have been recorded in the transition of financial resources for HIV/AIDS prevention and control in Vietnam over the last 10 years, heard a conference in Hanoi on November 23.

Every year, it is estimated that 15 million babies are born prematurely worldwide. In Vietnam, infant deaths account for 60% of all deaths among children under one year old.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the People’s Committee of central Thanh Hoa province held a conference in Hanoi on October 31 to enhance cooperation and aids from foreign non-governmental organisations and partners for the locality.

More than 60,200 people living with HIV nationwide have been provided with Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) service over the last five years, helping to better control HIV infections in the community.

Over the past decade, the private sector has been playing an important role in intensifying the accessibility to products and services for HIV prevention and treatment at affordable prices for the community of the top risk groups.

Community-based organisations (CBOs) are boosting coverage of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services for key population groups to help achieve targets for HIV/AIDS epidemic control in Vietnam.

The community advisory board (CAB) initiative aims to support the quality improvement of HIV/AIDS prevention services in Vietnam and is proving to be a game changer for related response efforts in the current period.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health hopes the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will continue to assist Vietnam in the prevention of dangerous diseases such as influenza, COVID-19, zoonotic diseases and HIV/AIDS.

Vietnam is currently one of four countries offering the best HIV/AIDS treatment in the world along with Germany, the UK and Switzerland, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son at a recent fundraising event for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Two new projects funded by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Binh Dinh are expected to collect and avoid around 5 tonnes of plastic per month from entering the sea, as heard at the sides’ recent workshop held in the south-central coastal province.

The Google Career Certificates and Google for Startups: Startup Academy programmes officially debuted on July 15 at the Vietnam National Innovation Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and its partner PATH celebrated the completion of the eight-year USAID/PATH Healthy Markets project on June 14. It launched the new five-year USAID/PATH STEPS project.

Flexible and effective outreach by 43 local community-based organisations (CBOs) has made significant progress possible in preventing HIV infections and providing treatment for HIV-positive people in Vietnam.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which entered into force on January 1, 2022, is expected to boost Vietnam’s export and improve its access to large consumer markets, according Standard Chartered Bank.

To date, 91 percent of Vietnamese citizens are enrolled in health insurance and 100 per cent enrollment is targeted by the Government.

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) is implementing the first-year technical cooperation project for aquaculture productivity enhancement in Vietnam’s northern provinces.

Nguyen Tuan Hung, Deputy Director-General of the State-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has become a member of the National Committee for AIDS, Drug and Prostitution Prevention and Fight.