To achieve this, the city is paying more attention to providing information, education, care and HIV/AIDS treatments and interventions to offset the damaging effects of the virus.

In addition, Hanoi wants 85 percent of people living in the inner city and 70 percent of people living in the suburbs to understand and know how to prevent being infected with HIV/AIDS. The rate of HIV-infected pregnant women is planned to be kept below 0.4 percent.

The city has requested every district and department to introduce information campaigns to change people’s behaviour in the fight against HIV/AIDS.