HIV infections

Update news HIV infections

Vietnam hopes to be among leading nations in HIV/AIDS combat

A ceremony was held in the northern province of Bac Giang on December 1 in response to the National Action Month against HIV/AIDS and the World AIDS Day.

VN strives to reduce HIV infections despite funding shortage

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has been striving to reduce the number of HIV infections and prevent outbreaks in high-risk communities despite a decline in international funding, 

Ethnic minority poverty rate to be cut by 3-4 percent annually

Cutting the poverty rate among ethnic minority groups by 3-4 percent annually is among the specific targets for 2025 set recently by the Government in its efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in connection with ethnic minorities.

Lymphoma cancers increasing in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Malignant lymphoma, a type of cancer, is occurring with alarming frequency in Vietnam and the numbers are rising every year, says Nguyen Anh Tri, Director of the National Institute of Haematology and Central Blood Transfusion.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 28/12

  HIV infections decline in recent years; Many bridges earmarked for 2013; Due attention paid to the poor; New progress on time-saving link to Sa Pa; Gallons of industrial wine uncovered