Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam congratulated UNAIDS Country Director Marie-Odile Emond on successfully fulfilling her tenure in Vietnam during a reception in Hanoi on September 3.
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam congratulated UNAIDS Country Director Marie-Odile Emond on successfully fulfilling hertenure in Vietnam during a reception in Hanoi on September 3.
Dam said during her tenure, UNAIDS Country Director Emond was awarded with the insignia “For People’s Health”by the Health Ministry and a certificate of merit by the Department of HIV/AIDSPrevention and Control in honour of her dedication to the cause of protectingand caring for health of the Vietnamese people.
He wished that the UNAIDS and theCountry Director would continue supporting Vietnam in fulfilling goals in thefight against HIV/AIDS in the future.
Emond, for her part, said the UNAIDS has coordinatedcommon efforts of the UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS to assist Vietnam inaccomplishing HIV/AIDS prevention and control targets.
She affirmed that in any position, she will continueoffering support to Vietnam in the effort.
Over the past years, the UNAIDS hasraised funding for Vietnam, assisted Vietnam in building laws and policies suchas the Law on amendments and supplements to several articles of the Law onHIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, the national strategy on HIV/AIDS preventionand control till 2030, among others.
It also offered technicalassistance to Vietnamese agencies to carry out new and effective policies andmeasures, towards the goal of diagnosing 90 percent of all HIV positive people,providing antiretroviral therapy (ART) for 90 percent of those diagnosed and achievingviral suppression for 90 p💫ercent of those treat🌜ed./.
The fight against HIV/AIDS has always been a priority of Hanoi, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Hong Son said at a meeting on November 29 in response to the World AIDS Day (December 1).
Civil society organisations (CSOs) had contributed much to HIV/AIDS prevention and control, but obstacles remained in their work, experts said at conference this week in Hanoi.
Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Committee for AIDS, Drug and Prostitution Prevention and Control Vu Duc Dam hosted a reception in Hanoi on November 29 for Director of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Regional Support Team for Asia and the Pacific Eamonn Murphy.
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.
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NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man stressed the need to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence and smart teaching equipment, innovate teaching and assessment methods, and further improve the quality of formal education.
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At the reception (Photo: VNA) 
