VietNamNet Bridge – The HIV/AIDS epidemic has shown signs of waning in Vietnam, but there remains a risk of outbreaks unless the country deploys effective prevention measures. It is forecast that the country will have 350,000 HIV/AIDS patients in 2010 with an average of 25,000 new cases each year.Dinh Sy Hien, the Nha Trang Pasteur [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The “Love to Live, Live to Love” music show to educate people about the AIDS pandemic and sensitise them into having a more sympathetic approach towards victims continues its tour of the country. It’s got four letters: A member of the audience participates in an AIDS-related quiz during the concert “Love to [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The “Love to live – live to love” concerts have been organized from October to December in 21 cities and provinces across Vietnam to mark International HIV/AIDS Prevention Day, Dec 12. VietNamNet Bridge – The “Love to live – live to love” concerts have been organized from October to December in 21 [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong yesterday urged the whole nation to redouble efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Volunteers distribute leaflets on HIV/AIDS to migrant labourers at Ha Noi’s Long Bien Market. The move marks World AIDS Day which falls today.The deputy PM made the comments at a meeting held in [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 3,000 young Vietnamese people gathered at the My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi on the evening of November 29 to voice their support for the global struggle against HIV/AIDS. VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 3,000 young Vietnamese people gathered at the My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi on the evening [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The appropriately named “Life goes on” photo exhibition that opened in Ha Noi yesterday continues a narration about the lives of some people with HIV/AIDS who featured in an earlier exhibition three years ago. VietNamNet Bridge – The appropriately named “Life goes on” photo exhibition that opened in Ha Noi yesterday continues [...]
Some 12,414 HIV patients and 4,786 AIDS patients are living in Hanoi, the capital’s Health Department Director Le Anh Tuan has said. Drug-related cases accounted for more than 70 percent of the reported patients, he said.Nearly 90 percent of the 17,200 people infected with HIV/AIDS are between 20 and 39 years old.Tuan said 1,860 of [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – At 8.30am of November 11, there will be more than 3,000 HIV/AIDS prevention meetings and parades in 53 provinces and cities in Vietnam, attracting aapproximately 1.5 million people. VietNamNet Bridge – At 8.30am of November 11, there will be more than 3,000 HIV/AIDS prevention meetings and parades in 53 provinces and cities [...]
A contestant presents her art submission for the Dance4Life contest in Hanoi Thursday The top five submissions in the running for the grand prize of Vietnam’s Dance4Life competition were selected after the presentation round in Hanoi Thursday. The “Standard Chartered Dance4Life Art Contest 2008” was organized to encourage youths aged 13-19 to raise their voices [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The Director of the Hanoi Health Department, Le Anh Tuan, said there are 17,200 HIV/AIDS patients in Hanoi, of which 4,786 developed into AIDS and 2,837 died of AIDS. VietNamNet Bridge – The Director of the Hanoi Health Department, Le Anh Tuan, said there are 17,200 HIV/AIDS patients in Hanoi, of which [...]
