Vietnam is conducting 80 , 000 HIV tests via saliva in high – risk populations in Hanoi and southern Ho Chi Minh City .
The self – test method shows 99 per cent of accuracy in detecting HIV antibodies in high – risk populations , who inject drugs or engage in unprotected sex
This will also be applied in northern Thai Nguyen province, southern Can Tho city and southern Ba Ria Vung Tau province , according to the Vietnam Administration for HIV and AIDS Control under the Health Ministry .
Vietnam currently has 258 , 586 HIV carriers , mainly in the age range , 20 to 49 .
The current population of Vietnam is 96 , 432, 055 as of Sunday , based on the latest UN estimates . Vietnam population is equivalent to 1 . 26 per cent of the total world population.
Some 200 HIV – infected children are born each year , said the administration .
Nationwide , approximately 115, 000 individuals receive the anti – retroviral therapy needed to turn this disease from a fatal diagnosis to a chronic , but manageable , condition .
HIV prevalence among people , who inject drugs averages 19 per cent and is as high as 30 per cent in some provinces.

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