The Minister of Health said the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has helped Vietnam gradually control HIV/AIDS and maintain the community infection rate below 0.3%.

At the pre-conference meetings of the 24th International AIDS Conference held in Montreal, Canada (from July 27 to August 2), at a satellite session organized by PATH, Vietnam was selected to share experiences on successful implementation of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programs.

Effective prevention and awareness-raising activities, innovative and sustainable financial mechanisms are considered key drivers behind Vietnam’s success in containing HIV/AIDS in the past 30 years.