According to the Vietnamese Health Department’s reports, at the end of 2007 there were approximately 3,700 children within 0-13 years of age and 14,500 young people  between 14 and 19 years of age suffering from HIV.
More than 130,000 children and young people under 19 years of age lost one or both parents because of AIDS and need urgent help.

    The discrimination and stigmatization towards people suffering from HIV in the society is becoming a big obstacle to prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
The HIV epidemic has spread rapidly, causing an increase in the number of children who suffer from HIV/AIDS and the number of orphaned children due to the effect of AIDS.

    The discrimination towards people with HIV/AIDS also limits the children suffering from HIV/AIDS from being able to reach the appropriate care services and treatments. This directly affects all aspects of the material and emotional lives of the children suffering from HIV/AIDS as well as those that have family members suffering from HIV/AIDS.

    Most of the HIV-infected children are not allowed to come to school because the parents of the other children are afraid the infection could be passed on.