Viet Nam needs to invest over VND970 billion (US$60.6 million) to adequately supply the country with much needed contraceptives, according to the Committee for Population, Family and Children.

Over the past recent years, there has been a distinct increase in the number of young people addicted to drugs. Drugs have become a global risk, a disaster for every family and causes for crime and , social disorder. Drugs effect health and are a short bridge to death through AIDS.

From 25-26 June 2007, Thanh Hoa WU in coordination with Family & Welfare newspaper, United Pharma Company - Vietnam, Reproductive Health Care Dept. (Ministry of Health) organized workshop “Healthy gestation and healthy foetus” in 2 districts of Yen Dinh & Trieu Son, Thanh Hoa province.

The Vietnamese Government is pumping more money into the fight against HIV/AIDS and has issued a series of documents aimed at bolstering care and treatment for HIV/AIDS patients.

Keynote address of Dr Margaret Chan - Director-General of the World Health Organization At the International Women’s Summit: Women’s Leadership on HIV and AIDS Nairobi, Kenya, 5 July 2007

The number of teens having unprotected sex is higher in rural areas than in cities, according to a report from the reproductive health project for adolescents.

New mother Pham Thi Khuyen, from Hai Phong City, was devastated when her two year marriage was rocked with the news that her four-month old baby had tested positive for HIV/AIDS.

About 7,000 of HIV/AIDS patients have received treatment with anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, announced Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thi Xuyen at the second National Conference on HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment in Ha Noi yesterday.

As the number of HIV-infected persons is on the increase, WU of Hanoi actively participated in HIV/AIDS prevention. The WU at all levels in the city have organized 29 talks and discussions, trainings, clubs meetings with the participation of 1,015 turns of people.

HA NOI — Ten per cent of Vietnamese will die from health problems related to cigarette smoking, according to a research by the Viet Nam Women’s Union Study Centre.