The Ministry of Health closed the fourth National Conference on HIV/AIDS in Hanoi on December 3 with an awards ceremony to mark Innovations Day for HIV/AIDS Prevention.
Thirty out of the 60 most outstanding initiatives in the final round were presented with awards at the ceremony, each one worth US$10,000.
These excellent initiatives were selected from 200 entries that the organising board received after four months of launching.
At the ceremony, the Deputy PM and chairman of the National Committee for HIV/AIDS, Drugs and Prostitution Prevention and Control, Truong Vinh Trong, stated that the conference on 20 years of HIV/AIDS prevention and control in Vietnam, the fourth national conference on HIV/AIDS and Innovations Day for HIV/AIDS Prevention in 2010 was successful.
Over the past 20 years, the fight against HIV/AIDS nationwide has made many encouraging achievements and contributed to reducing the transmission of the virus throughout the community, he said.
The deputy PM added that Vietnamese government and people have pledged to work closely with the international community in the fight against HIV/AIDS. He also called on foreign governments and organisations to continue to support the Vietnamese people in this fight.
He said that he believes Vietnam will fulfill its Millennial Development Goal of halting, then decreasing the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015.
These excellent initiatives were selected from 200 entries that the organising board received after four months of launching.
At the ceremony, the Deputy PM and chairman of the National Committee for HIV/AIDS, Drugs and Prostitution Prevention and Control, Truong Vinh Trong, stated that the conference on 20 years of HIV/AIDS prevention and control in Vietnam, the fourth national conference on HIV/AIDS and Innovations Day for HIV/AIDS Prevention in 2010 was successful.
Over the past 20 years, the fight against HIV/AIDS nationwide has made many encouraging achievements and contributed to reducing the transmission of the virus throughout the community, he said.
The deputy PM added that Vietnamese government and people have pledged to work closely with the international community in the fight against HIV/AIDS. He also called on foreign governments and organisations to continue to support the Vietnamese people in this fight.
He said that he believes Vietnam will fulfill its Millennial Development Goal of halting, then decreasing the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015.
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