HANOI, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- HIV/AIDS rates are still too high in Vietnam, with an average of 34 people contracted HIV each day during the first nine-month period of 2013, reported local Vietnam News on Friday.
In an update on the virus' spread in Vietnam, the Ministry quoted latest statistics by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MOH) as saying that as of October, 2013, there were over 200,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, of which more than 65,000 had developed AIDS. Around 66,000 people died from HIV/AIDS in the first nine month of 2013, reads the report.
According to MOH's Department for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, although the pandemic had declined in recent years, the numbers were still relatively high.
The ratio of women with HIV has increased during the past years, with the number of sexually transmitted HIV infections outnumbering those via blood-to-blood contact.
The proportion of people over 30 years old and living with HIV was also on the rise.
However, of particular concern is about a large number of people with HIV being unaware of their condition, posing a huge threat to the community and threatening a rise in infection rates. An increasing number of cases had been discovered in drug addicts' partners.
According to the ministry, discrimination against HIV/AIDS patients is still rife throughout Vietnam, even providing obstacles for patients seeking treatment.
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