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As many as 4,000 people will join in an anti-terrorism drill held at various locations Ho Chi Minh City on December 15. Deputy director of Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Public Security, Nguyen Sy Quang, says that the four-hour drill will deal with four hypothetical scenarios. Speaking at a press conference held on December 12, deputy director of Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Public Security, Nguyen Sy Quang, said that the four-hour drill will deal with four hypothetical scenarios. "In the first scenario, the terrorists gather and set up online groups who distort information about the current situation and cause disorder in the area," Quang said. "The second scenario deals with disorder at the Tan Son Nhat Airport. In the third and fourth scenario, hundreds of terrorists and demonstrators attack state and government offices in the city centre." Quang stressed that the new points in this year's drill would deal with online terrorists and those who use hazardous chemicals. … [Read more...] about 4,000 people to join anti-terrorism drill in HCM City

Dam Huy Hoang’s heart skipped a beat as the second pink line started appearing on his client’s HIV test strip. Hoang shows a client how to use oral stab test for HIV. — VNS Photos Khoa Thu Grabbing a jacket, he took the young man to Thai Nguyen's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention for a confirmatory test. The accuracy of screening tests using finger prick blood samples is up to 97 per cent, and it had Hoang worried. In his early 30s, Hoang leads a double life – a cashier for a local water treatment plant by day, and an HIV tester in his free time whenever there is a need. Four years ago, Hoang and his friends established Family – a self-help group working to promote the rights of the LGBT community. Their initiative quickly caught the eye of the provincial centre for HIV/AIDS prevention. A partnership was created in 2016 that made Family responsible for administering community-based HIV testing for high-risk groups, including men having sex … [Read more...] about In Thai Nguyen, communities help to ease HIV/AIDS burden

Việt Nam News reporter Khoa Thu talks to Eamonn Murphy, Regional Director of UNAIDS, Asia and the Pacific, about the opportunities and challenges facing the elimination of HIV as a public health threat by 2030. Eamonn Murphy (middle) meets with patients receiving methadone treatment at a health clinic in Tan Yen District, Bac Giang Province. — VNS Photo Khoa Thu Over the past decade, Vietnam has witnessed a decline in the number of new HIV cases and AIDS-related deaths. 2020 is the deadline set for the ambitious goal of 90-90-90 by the UN. How do you assess the country’s performance in the fight against HIV/AIDS and its chances to achieve the goal? 90-90-90 is a set of treatment-focused targets to move the agenda faster, saying 90 per cent of those living with HIV know their status, 90 per cent are receiving treatment and 90 per cent on treatment have viral suppression which stops forward transmission. Yes, these are ambitious targets. But if we don’t … [Read more...] about Vietnam needs little more time to achieve 90-90-90