These contracts will be implemented through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

The first grant of more than US$15 million will be given to the five-year “Social Marketing and Prevention and Supportive Services in Vietnam” project to reduce HIV prevalence among most-at-risk population by promoting treatments and services, increasing safer behaviour practices and reducing the initiation of drug use.

The second grant of almost US$10 million will go to the “Health Policy Initiative in Vietnam” project to support the Vietnamese government, civil society and health networks in improving HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment.

The third US$3 million grant will provide technical services for workplace-based prevention as well as employment and support services for high risk individuals.
Through the project, PEPFAR will work to provide job opportunities and other supporting services for HIV/AIDS carriers and others considered at risk of infection.