A two-day training course is being held in Ho Chi Minh City for
Buddhist monks, nuns and followers on how to prevent discrimination
against people infected with HIV/AIDS.
The Sept.
13-14 course was jointly organised by the Vietnam Fatherland Front
Central Committee’s (VFFCC) Standing Committee and the organisation,
Nordic Assistance to Vietnam (NAV). Those taking part are Buddhist
dignities and followers from Vietnam ’s Buddhist Institutes in Hanoi ,
Hue and HCM City along with the Khmer Theravada Academy
for Buddhist Studies in Can Tho.
This is part of
activities to respond to the law on preventing HIV/AIDS and the VFFCC’s
call on people to get involved in HIV/AIDS prevention work and
religions’ commitment to participate in the fight against the disease.
During the course, the participants learned about
current developments in HIV/AIDS in Vietnam and the world, as well
as being provided with the necessary information and skills to prevent
the spread of the virus and discrimination against people suffering from
HIV/AIDS.
According to Nguyen Van Thanh, Deputy
Head of the Committee for Religious Affairs, recently, many religious
groups in Vietnam and Buddhists in particular have participated in
the campaign to prevent HIV/AIDS with a wide range of activities such as
providing consultations, care and support for people with HIV/AIDS./.
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