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Associated Press - Monday October 26, 1998
Overall, 1,901 people have full-blown AIDS, and 1,013 have died since Vietnam's first case was detected in 1990, the committee said.
The disease has spread to all but one of Vietnam's 61 provinces and cities. Ho Chi Minh City tops the list with 2,640 HIV carriers, followed by the northern province of Quang Ninh with 1,280. Hanoi reported 311 cases.
The Hanoi AIDS committee said men make up 94 percent of the cases, and that drug addicts account for 70 percent.
The government has allocated more than $4 million to fight AIDS, mostly in education programs.
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