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Hanoi has seen improvements in three criteria for HIV control, including the number of people newly diagnosed with HIV, the number of HIV-infected people transferring to AIDS stage, and the number of people who have died of HIV/AIDS over the past decade.

There were about 10,000 new HIV carriers detected in 2018, including 2,000 fatalities, equivalent to those in 2017.

Vietnam aims to keep the rate of new HIV/AIDS infections below 0.3 percent, while reducing the impact of HIV/AIDS on socio-economic development.

Authorities of HCM City have set a target of curbing the rate of new HIV cases at 0.03 percent in the community by 2020, and controlling the rate of people living with HIV at 0.6 percent in 2016-2020.

Vietnam will focus on keeping the rate of new HIV cases below 0.3 percent by 2020 while reducing the impact of HIV/AIDS on socio-economic development.