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UN project on drugs and HIV control for ethnic minorities launched
A project on drug abuse prevention and HIV control for Vietnamese ethnic minorities was launched in Hanoi on January 29 by the State Committee for Ethnic Minorities and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. -
Malnutrition rate still high in Vietnam
Vietnam has reduced the malnutrition rate among its children to 21.2% from 23.4% in 2007, equivalent to around 150,000 children, said the Vice Chairman of the National Nutrition Steering Committee Nguyen Cong Khan at a conference on nutrition in Hanoi on January 24. -
Thai youths were at risk of catching HIV as many had their first sexual encounter at 15 and nearly half did not use condoms, the Public Health Ministry revealed Thursday.
Recent reports indicated many youths did not use conฌdoms due to faith in their partner and the "myth" HIV/Aids was only spread by prostitutes, a spokesman said. -
Support centres to help parents of children infected with HIV
the care and treatment of HIV/AIDS sufferers in the outskirts of Ha Noi is a woman who at more that 80 patiently feeds her emaciated son with his every spoon of soup -
Viet Nam moves to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
Viet Nam has set the target of providing preventive treatment for all pregnant women who test positive for HIV in order to reduce the rate of mother-to-child HIV transmission to 10 percent of all births by HIV-infected mothers by 2010.
