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Addicts in Điện Biên get better access to methadone treatment Opioid addicts will be able to pick up several days supply of methadone for use at home after an event that was held yesterday in the northern mountainous province of Điện Biên.

Việt Nam consistent with UN peacekeeping commitments, ready to cope with COVID-19: official Major General Hoàng Kim Phụng, Director of the Việt Nam Department of Peacekeeping Operations talks to Vân Nguyễn & Kiều Trinh about the country’s commitments in peacekeeping operations and its preparation for the new team of military staff to be dispatched early this year in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.

Former heroin user helps others fight drug addiction

As well as rebuilding his own life, Nguyễn Minh Hiếu has set up a volunteer group to help local drug addicts get back to normal life.

160,000 people living with HIV/AIDS set to receive ARV treatment

Việt Nam hopes to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to about 160,000 people living with HIV/AIDS this year, said Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam.

Award-winning female lecturer devotes whole life to science

Associate Professor Trương Thanh Hương, senior lecturer at the Hà Nội Medical University and expert at the Việt Nam National Heart Institute under Bạch Mai Hospital, has been given Việt Nam’s 2020 Kovalevskaya Award for her contribution to helping thousands of people with cardiovascular diseases over many years.

Annual check-ups important for women Perhaps the most well-known reason for a GYN visit is to undergo a Pap smear. The Pap smear is a screening test used to help detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cervical cells.

City strengthens HIV prevention efforts, hopes to end transmission by 2030 HCM City will continue to strengthen HIV preventive efforts with tests for early detection and treatment among high- risk groups to help achieve the national goal of eradicating the spread of the disease by 2030.

Health sector proves its mettle in COVID-19 fight

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the health sector to continue using drastic measures to tackle COVID-19 this year, particularly ahead of the Tet (Lunar New Year) celebrations and other important events.

HIV transmission risks high among adolescents Statistics from the Ministry of Health showed that the number of HIV carriers aged 15-16 rose three-fold from 2011 to 2019.