Ha Noi, 16 August 2010 – A ceremony this morning in Ha Noi co-organised by the Voice of Viet Nam (VOV), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Danish Government (DANIDA) marked the end of the two year serial radio project Desire for Life. The radio soap opera, broadcast nationwide, aimed to reduce stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV and to impart other positive social values.
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HA NOI, 21 July 2010 – Final results from the 2009 Population and Housing Census, presented today at a conference organized by the Central Steering Committee, show that as of 1 April 2009, the population of Viet Nam was 85,846,997; making it the third most populous country in Southeast Asia and the 13th in the world.
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HA NOI, 2 July 2010 – At a press conference organized today in Hanoi to commemorate the 2010 World Population Day, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the United Nations (UN) in Viet Nam emphasized the importance of available, reliable and timely data in guiding evidence-based policy formulation and implementation.
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