1,763,616 victims were bitten by mad suspected dogs in Southern provinces during 5 years had been vaccineated, in which 148 victims died (0.08%). Ben Tre province had the highest victims and the highest mortality rate, while Ca Mau province was at the lowest. Especially there was no death by rabies in Binh Duong and Soc Trang provinces. There was an insignificant difference between male and female victims. The age over 15 was 61%; 91.47% had vaccineated before 15 days of bites and 80.71% bitten by dogs; 78% were mild bites, far from nervous centre. The victims died due to rabies decreased 50% in 2000 compared with this in 1996
Rabies ; Prevention & control

In the Mekong Delta, the incidence of typhoid fever has an increasing trend. The highest morbidity rate is observed at Dong Thap province. Outbreaks of typhoid fever usually occur during the rainy season of the year. Most of the clinical isolation pf S.typhi are found resistant to chloramphenicol. Recently the emergency of nalidixic acid-resistant strains has been also observed
Typhoid Fever ; epidemiology

In the year of 2000, there were 4577 cases of positive HIV, 1022 cases of AIDS in which 579 died. In positive HIV cases men were higher than women were but the women with HIV/AIDS infection were increasingly. The people with age of from 20 to 29 accounted for 51-53%. The worrying trend was that: teenager under 19 with HIV infection was increasingly from 2.8% in 1993 to 12.45% in the year of 2000. The positive HIV incidence was high within the addicts in Lam Dong, Binh Phuoc, Ho Chi Minh city and Da Nang, and in prostitutes in Bac Lieu, Kien Giang, Binh Phuoc, Ca Mau, Binh Dinh and Can Tho
HIV ; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome