Deputy PM attends UN high-level meeting on ending AIDS
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam affirmed that preventing and fighting AIDS is a priority task of the Vietnamese government during the UNs High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS in New York on June 8-10.
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam affirmed that preventing and fighting AIDS is a priority task of the Vietnamese government during the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS in New York on June 8-1ཧ0.
Thanks to the cooperation and support of the international community and sponsors, Vietnam’s AIDS epidemic is basically under control, Dam said in his speech, adding that HIV-infected patients do not face discrimination and are considered those who need care, help and treatment.
According to him, Vietnam has continually increased resources for HIV/AIDS prevention and control.
He stressed that Vietnam is the first Asia-Pacific country to respond to the UN’s 90-90-90 Targets and urged the international community to make high-level commitments to the fight.
At the event, a Vietnamese woman living with HIV also raised her voice to call on the international community not to ignore HIV/AIDS victims.
On the sidelines of the event, Dam held meetings with Executive Director of the Joint UN Action Programme on HIV/AIDS, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, US Ambassador and Global AIDS Coordinator cum Director of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
He thanked the international partners for their support to Vietnam over the past years.
They praised Vietnam as a model in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the region and the world, and pledged to stand side by side with the country to achieve the 90-90-90 targets by 2020, towards eliminating AIDS epidemic by 2030.-VNA
Strengthening legal aid to people living with HIV/AIDS is expected to help them better exercise their rights and receive essential services, heard a recent conference in Hanoi.
Discrimination against men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women can affect their ability to get health services and increase the risk of HIV infection.
Mobilising the entire community at home and abroad in protecting and caring for children affected by HIV/AIDs is one of the goals set for 2014-2020, by a workshop in Hanoi.
The Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention under the Ministry of Health has taken measures to increase medical insurance coverage among people living with HIV/AIDS.
All drugs entering hospitals must have a clear origin, so counterfeit drugs are only in the market, not in hospital, affirmed Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan.
To achieve its goal of becoming a developed nation by 2045, Vietnam is prioritising the integration of AI and digital tools into the training of future doctors, said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Viet Nhung, Dean of Medicine at University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University (VNU) Hanoi.
Health experts called for collective disease prevention and integrated solutions to achieve zero dengue deaths in the country at an online talk show on June 14.
The PM called for closer, broader, and more effective cooperation with Vietnamese partners, guided by the principles of mutual benefit, joint efforts, shared outcomes, and common development, including promoting stronger public-private partnerships and collaboration with businesses.
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The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
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Recently, HCM City has experienced a noticeable increase in COVID-19 cases, with 26 reported in just one week, compared to an average of only 1-2 cases weekly earlier this year.
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