In the first half of 2007, more 28 new HIV infected cases have been found in Binh Dinh, a decrease of 4 cases in comparison with the same period last year. Most of them are those who had unsafe sex; meanwhile, the number of drug addicts and prostitutes infected with HIV/AIDS is less, according to the doctor Nguyen Thanh Truyen.

So far, there have been 578 HIV-infected patients in Binh Dinh, in which 372 were in AIDS phase and 264 were dead.

• Reported by Thu Hien
• Translated by Hong Quang